Rick Ferguson Music
Rick Ferguson is a chamber musician, collaborative pianist, music teacher, composer, arts advocate, and music philosopher. He is also the co-founder and artistic director of The Musical Offering in Evanston, Illinois. Learn more about Rick Ferguson and how to take a class at https://rickfergusonmusic.com/ today!
How the Doctrine of Affections and Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Influenced Chopin’s Musical Style
JS Bach's Creation of The Musical Offering
Chicago Black Renaissance Movement: Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, and Irene Britton Smith
Ferruccio Busoni: A Master of Musical Synthesis
French Pianist and Composer Louise Farrenc Life Story with Performance of Sonata for Cello and Piano
How Joseph Haydn Influenced Mozart and His Dissonance Quartets
The Early Years of Claude Debussy with a Performance of his Piano Trio In G Major
Composer Chiquinha Gonzaga: Creator of Brazilian Choro Music
Pulcinella / Polichinelle Explained with Rachmaninov and Villa-Lobos Piano Performances
Handel's Passacaglia in G Minor: Viewer's Request
Seeds of Brilliance: The Young Nadia Boulanger
Composer and Keyboardist Florence Price: Prodigious Talent and Formidable Intellect
The Fascinating Story of Keyboard Hero Wanda Landowska
Why is the Toccata an Iconic Keyboard Form? Plus my Performance of Khachaturian's Toccata for Piano!
Gyorgy Ligeti’s “Lamentoso” from Musica ricercata
Pianist Explores Composer Alexander Scriabin’s Mystic Chord and Prometheus: Poem of Fire
Beethoven's One and Only Ballet: The Creatures of Prometheus
Exploring Fantasia in D Minor for Piano by Mozart and the Truth about Who Really Wrote the Ending!
Frédéric Chopin and the Swiss Connection to Prelude in A Flat Major
What I Learned About Piano from My Mentor, Debussy Interpreter and Concert Pianist Daniel Ericourt
The Effects of the German "Sturm und Drang" Period on French-American Composer Joseph Bologne
"Wade in the Water" by Classical and Jazz Composer Dr. Frederick C. Tillis: Performance and Lecture
Four Bagatelles by French Composer Colette Mourey
Costa Rican Composer Eddie Mora Bermudez Lecture & Performance: Retrato VI by Chicago Clarinet Trio
Paganini Challenge Part Two for Violin and Piano
Villanelle for French Horn and Orchestra by Paul Dukas: Performance and Lecture
Master of Light and Dark: Franz Schubert's Use of the Sonata Form
Black American Composer and Quartal Harmony Hero Ulysses Kay: Sonata for Viola and Piano Performance
Alexander Scriabin and the 'Mystic Chord'
Pianist Father vs. Violinist Daughter! Learning Paganini Challenge Part One