Une amie de jeunesse de Hummel, auparavant cantatrice, s’enthousiasmait pour Schubert et encore plus pour ses lieder. Chez elle, nous avons mangé plusieurs fois en compagnie de cet homme jeune et ...

When Murray Perahia gave a concert this year in Portland, Oregon, he saved a couple of Impromptus until the official program was over. Here's Perahia, on stage, playing his first encore — Schubert's ...

The term "impromptu" suggests that a piece has a casual, offhand quality—perhaps that it's even being improvised on the spot. Sometimes, though, it's just a handy term for a short, stand-alone piece ...