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October - November 2014 CONTENTS
The next issue of Pianist goes on sale 28 November 2014

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4 Editor’s Note 24 How to PlayPlay 2 Lucy Parham on 76 Left hand forward  A look at left-
Schubert’s Moment
Schubert’s  Moment Musical No 1 hand repertoire, its players and the
4  Competition  Win three books bo oks from (Scores page 60)  Austrian pianist
pianis t Paul Wittgenstein,
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signed personally by Lang Lang  26 How to Play
Play 3 Janet Newman on
the Rondo from Mozart’s Sonata K545 80   Subscribe  today for just £4.50 an issue
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8 WIN! A Roland piano worth £2,299 27   The Scores  A pullout section of 40
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pages of sheet music for all levels 82 Before the piano Gez Kahan
9  News Learn the piano with Lang Lang, Plus read about our online lessons!  presents an in-depth look at keyboard
Beethoven concerts galore in London, development to uncover how we arrived
going hands on with historic keyboards 45 Beginner Keyboard
Keyboard Class at the modern instrument
Hans-Günter Heumann’s Lesson No 8:
10 Step into the spotlight Pianist  and  and semiquavers (16th notes) 86   CD Review Top marks
86 ma rks for
fo r Barenboim’s
Schott present a showcase in London this Schubert, Pizarro’s Romantic Concertos,
 January – your c hance to shine!
s hine! 67 Pianists on show Photographer  Williams’s Wagner
Wagner and Marshe v’ v’ss
 Amy Zielinski discusses her exhibition of complete Mendelssohn
12   Expert Talk  Tim Stein on left-hand
12 concert pianists at Turner
Turner Sims – and her
leaps and Angela Hewitt on learning ongoing project to photograph their hands 88 Sheet Music Review New piano
Bach’ss mammoth
Bach’ m ammoth e Art of Fugue  syllabuses under scrutiny, plus British Isles
68 Verbier Festival 2014 Erica Worth folk tunes and a Chabrier classic
14   Alessio Bax talks to Jessica Duchen
14 flies to the Swiss Alps to review some of
about his passion for Beethoven, good the biggest names in the piano world, 89 Classifieds
89  Classifieds
food and Lucille Chung (his wife and including Sokolov and Argerich
regular duet partner)
70 Rachmaninov
70 Rachmaninov rocks Behind the
18 How to Play Masterclass 1 scenes at the LPO’s comprehensive
Mark Tanner on the left hand Rachmaninov festival, launching this
October at London’s Southbank Centre
20 How to Play Masterclass 2 and featuring all the concertos – both VISIT THE PIANIST WEBSITE
Graham Fitch on making the piano sing  versions of the First and the Fourth
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72 Ronnie Scott’s Nick Shave tells the to sign up for our regular FREE e-newsletters
22 How to Play 1 Melanie Spanswick on story of one of the world’s greatest jazz PLUS Watch our online piano tutorials
Tchaikovsky’s ‘e Doll’s Funeral’ from clubs – from its founding days to the
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th e Young 
Young  (Scores
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