Musings

When the festival started in 2001, I hoped it would become a kind of second home to my family and me.

If Bach is God, Beethoven is Man, and the meaning of "beklemmt."

While we all sit at home in our pajamas struggling to recall what day of the week it is, let’s look back at an extraordinary solo piano recital.

As we all hunker down indoors, I thought some kind of distraction might be welcome.

David offers some suggestions for music to lessen the coronavirus anxiety.

David reflects on composers, compositions, and the act of composing.

March is coming, spring is not far behind, and that means piano recital.

David reflects on 10 years of performing, recording, and living as a member of a touring string trio.

It seems that around this time of year people are specifically drawn to reassuring music.

Playing baroque music is a kind of going back to the basic ingredients of our art form.

One of the most extraordinary pieces I have ever commissioned.

Reflections on the Newburyport Chamber Music Festival of 2019: A Visual Portrait

Just think what was going in the Roaring '20s in art, literature, science, politics, society.

Artistic Director David Yang's notes on the new piece for 2019.

I’ve wanted to program this incredible, weird, and magical piece for ages.

The complicated personal background to Shostakovich’s 6th String Quartet.

In 1785, Mozart dedicated a new set of six string quartets to his friend, colleague, and mentor, Josef Haydn.

An Introduction to Summer Season #18.

Can you enjoy an artist's work if the guy was a jerk? Many great artists and musicians are not necessarily people you would want to be around.

Only one ticket left to Michael Brown’s upcoming piano recital in Newbury.

I asked Michael to share some of his favorite performances by other pianists.

Our 18th Season begins with a recital by Michael Brown, pianist and composer.

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you already know that for NCMF this summer, Alfred Nicol has written a poem about local birds