My 25 Favorite Moments in Classical Music (Pa...

The story of Lili Boulanger's life is one of the most fascinating and tragic in all of musical history. A remarkably precocious talent, Boulanger learned to read sheet music before the alphabet, played the violin, piano, cello, and harp, and composed regularly from a young age. D ...  Show more

In a letter to Tchaikovsky's nephew Vladimir Davydov, Tchaikovsky wrote: "I'm very pleased with its content, but dissatisfied, or rather not completely satisfied, with the instrumentation. For some reason it's not coming out as I intended. It would be typical and unsurprising if ...  Show more

Send a textFeeling stressed? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle relaxing music for you to ease into. Come and join me as your host, James Quinn as I take you through some wonderful music as I play for you on my own piano ranging from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and e ...  Show more

Hello. If the podcast was helpful for you, I ask you to give some money to a charity. I truly believe we can make a better world with less cynicism and egoism. You can handle several days without coffee. However, that money REALLY can help. Even a few dollars.Where to send and ho ...  Show more

Send a textFeeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 10 of the Fourth Series in the Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this very special episode, I perform for you music by Jean Louis Nicodé, Dora Pejacevic, Edward MacDowell ...  Show more

Send a textFeeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the the Episode 4 of Series 5 in the Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Bach, Chopin, Schubert-Liszt, Grieg, MacDowell and Mvt 2 of Mozart's Pi ...  Show more