The Fremch organ composer Maurice Duruflé (1902-86) was a shy and retiring man who did little to promote his music other than playing it in church.
This is the composer playing his Suite opus 5. You sit there for 23 seconds wondering, when does the piece begin?
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Kim Tae-yeon has won the 12th Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition in Warsaw. She takes home 20,000 Euros and a fistful of engagements after triumphing in Lutoslaski’s Grave, for concerto. Second and third were Poles. […]
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