Piano Storms
The weather is a constant source of inspiration for composers, and the piano provides the perfect vehicle for the evocation of storms and tempests with its myriad timbres and vividly expressive soundworld.
Read more…Dark lowering clouds presage the arrival of the storm. The drama, excitement and fear of the tempest is portrayed in thunderous octaves and rapid passagework, but while the wind swirls and the rain teems, a rainbow glimpsed in the distance hints at better weather to come…
Playlist curated by Frances Wilson.