From the Five Bagatelles by William Bolcom, we feature numbers three and five. Sharon Isbin is the guitarist on this recording, and she'll be back later in the hour, performing in concert.

All the works in this delightful collection of English guitar concertos were inspired by Julian Bream‚ with Craig Ogden proving a formidable successor‚ matching in sensitivity and flair Bream’s own ...

It took Gerald Finzi nearly 20 years to write his 5 Bagatelles, a piece which barely amounts to 15 minutes. Nevertheless, Finzi wrote a short, but well-considered masterpiece. Richard Stoltzman and ...

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On Nov. 19, Musicians from Marlboro return to the Gardner Museum with a program including a sidelong declaration of independence: György Ligeti’s “Six Bagatelles” for wind quintet. In 1953, asked by ...