“Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.” – Alphonse de Lamartine“ The wonders of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas are not always apparent to the teenage learner. For one thing most of them are beyond the learners technical abilities, particularly is they were me! Like many before me I concentrated on the two “easier” Opus 49 sonatas. They were drummed into … Continue reading Into Great Silence