John McArthur Piano

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Read the most recent updates on new projects & releases, upcoming performances, and educational offerings.

August 24, 2024

HIDDEN - 2 CD Set Now Available!

We're excited to announce that the centerpiece of The HIDDEN Project -- the HIDDEN 2 CD set -- is now available!John, in particular, is excited for this moment and to share this record with you... ...

June 15, 2024

HIDDEN / 2

This week, as a forward-looking element of The HIDDEN Project, we released three recent recordings by John McArthur, titled HIDDEN / 2. HIDDEN / 2 is now available on all streaming platforms, along...

June 1, 2024

HIDDEN / 1

This week, as the next stage of The HIDDEN Project, we released ten tracks from Dr. John McArthur's 1999 recording, remixed and remastered after 25 years, in a new collection we've called HIDDEN /...

May 18, 2024

On Grief & Hope...

One of our North Star motivations in making and sharing music is to lower the barriers people perceive between themselves and the art...to do our small part to help more people connect with more mu...

March 16, 2024

VOCALISE Film - A Journey in Alzheimer's Caregiving

This past week, we released VOCALISE, a short film telling the story of John McArthur’s journey as an Alzheimer’s caregiver and how Rachmaninoff’s beloved Vocalise accompanied him on that journey. ...

March 8, 2024

Vocalise - a 20 year journey infused into one performance.

John McArthur has had a long relationship with the Vocalise -- in both its original form by Rachmaninoff and in this transcription by his mentor, the incomparable Earl Wild. Always, he's also assoc...

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Upcoming Dates

New music, musings, media, and performances by John McArthur

May 30 HIDDEN / 1 released to streaming

June 13 HIDDEN / 2 released to streaming

June 18 HIDDEN 2 CD set available for purchase

My Favourite Things

A life in music is a life of listening. This is pianist John McArthur's weekly online journal of reflections on some of his favourite musical moments.

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Chapter 26

Richard Rodgers - "My Favorite Things" Stephen Hough, pianist (Transcribed by Stephen Hough)

A point of clarity: While “My Favourite Things” is referenced, it is not at the exclusion of other Hough arrangements such as “Hello, Young Lovers” from “The King and I”......but what is so greatly appreciated is how charming Hough’s arrangements are to play and to hear.