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It's also that people going to concerts seem to think they should get wall-to-wall "masterpieces from the established canon" and nothing else, or else they are not getting their money's worth. Or so concert promoters seem to think.

While I appreciate heavy-duty ultra-serious recitals, I also think there's room for ones that include both less famous composers and some lighter fare. It's rare nowadays, but I love recitals where there's a half-hour or so of a grab-bag pieces that the performer simply enjoys playing for people or wants to introduce to the audience.

Maybe someone hear has thoughts on Howard Brockway's piano compositions. I've known him as the pianist in some piano rolls, and a little check shows that he is at IMSLP and also is the composer of this music which has been used in a movie, illustrated here with photos of Stockholm:




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Here are some listening examples of the composers I listed earlier

Manuel Ponce Waltz Etude "Life Smiles": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGL7vjbUq6E

Sergei Bortkiewicz Impromptu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiDNAxTEZ3Q

Felix Blumenfeld (teacher of Horowitz)Impromptu starting at 1:15:45: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmBb8_mOM18

Xaver Scharwenka Piano concerto 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHCRbWJGTBE

As long as we're listing lesser-known composers, I'd like to throw out the barely known Gabriel Dupont - French turn of the century composer. He writes absolutely fantastic music, with such beautiful melodies..

here is one of his main piano cycles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-dvNmBy7zc