A pulsating piano solo by a black composer published 125 years ago this fall became an unexpected bestseller, drew droves of young people to the piano, and became an enduring classic of American ...

Some truisms are so true. If you have the chance to listen to Miroslav Vitous' Universal Syncopations, you will understand why I'm compelled to say that music is about listening. Syncopations is a ...

The left-hand alternates a low bass, frequently played in tenths, with close position midrange chords, while the right hand provides melody, syncopations, lines, and runs. The total effect is a ...

Universal Syncopations is enthusiastically the exception to this in that it documents a true super group with inspired results. Chick Corea and John McLaughlin are both veterans of Miles Davis' late ...

Kenneth MacMillan’s colourful one-act work, Elite Syncopations, is one of the most joyful pieces in our repertory. Featuring uplifting music by the King of Ragtime ...

The left-hand alternates a low bass, frequently played in tenths, with close position midrange chords, while the right hand provides melody, syncopations, lines, and runs. The total effect is a ...

Recently theartsdesk interviewee Thiago Soares talked of his preparations to play the central male in this gladiatorial ballet, and last night he made the role of the Foreman his own, taking to the ...

members of all four contributing companies combine for the Ragtime romp of Elite Syncopations. The onstage band, the crazy printed costumes and the sheer buoyancy of the dance suggest a bunch of ...

That was of a performance given in Moscow, and he consistently demonstrated, as Andre Previn always has, how well he understands the need not to treat the score too literally, giving Walton's nagging ...