John McArthur (piano)
@johnmcarthurpiano.bsky.social
Official account of pianist, Dr. John McArthur - returning to public music making after a 20 year journey in Alzheimer’s Caregiving.
Have you heard HIDDEN? Listen now on Spotify, Apple Music and more...
Visit www.johnmcarthurpiano.com
#classicalmusic
Have you heard HIDDEN? Listen now on Spotify, Apple Music and more...
Visit www.johnmcarthurpiano.com
#classicalmusic
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🎶 Join us on a musical journey through HIDDEN
🎧 Now available for streaming on all platforms!
Explore the music:
bit.ly/3PsaBCQ
#classicalmusic
🎊 🏔️ 🎶
Celebrating Sibelius on his birthday...
open.spotify.com/track/2Sst8y...
(and on Apple Music, YouTube Music, Pandora...)
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
Celebrating Sibelius on his birthday...
open.spotify.com/track/2Sst8y...
(and on Apple Music, YouTube Music, Pandora...)
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🎊 🏔️ 🎶
Celebrating Sibelius on his birthday...
open.spotify.com/track/2Sst8y...
(and on Apple Music, YouTube Music, Pandora...)
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
Celebrating Sibelius on his birthday...
open.spotify.com/track/2Sst8y...
(and on Apple Music, YouTube Music, Pandora...)
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
It seems there’s a recent uptick in people listening to this piece on Spotify.
I’m grateful and hope the emotional range and journey in it may offer something to this moment...
open.spotify.com/track/7wLDjF...
I’m grateful and hope the emotional range and journey in it may offer something to this moment...
open.spotify.com/track/7wLDjF...
Funérailles, S. 173
open.spotify.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It seems there’s a recent uptick in people listening to this piece on Spotify.
I’m grateful and hope the emotional range and journey in it may offer something to this moment...
open.spotify.com/track/7wLDjF...
I’m grateful and hope the emotional range and journey in it may offer something to this moment...
open.spotify.com/track/7wLDjF...
The story of a return to music with new eyes...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRMF...
(6 minutes)
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRMF...
(6 minutes)
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The story of a return to music with new eyes...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRMF...
(6 minutes)
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRMF...
(6 minutes)
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic
Thankful for friends I was able to share time with over this last weekend
The Institute for Music & Neurological Symposium in NYC was a hopeful event w/ scientists + music therapists sharing on the power of music
Dinner w/ Illustrator Xiao Hua Yang to be followed by a collaboration in the New Year
The Institute for Music & Neurological Symposium in NYC was a hopeful event w/ scientists + music therapists sharing on the power of music
Dinner w/ Illustrator Xiao Hua Yang to be followed by a collaboration in the New Year
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Thankful for friends I was able to share time with over this last weekend
The Institute for Music & Neurological Symposium in NYC was a hopeful event w/ scientists + music therapists sharing on the power of music
Dinner w/ Illustrator Xiao Hua Yang to be followed by a collaboration in the New Year
The Institute for Music & Neurological Symposium in NYC was a hopeful event w/ scientists + music therapists sharing on the power of music
Dinner w/ Illustrator Xiao Hua Yang to be followed by a collaboration in the New Year
🎶 🎹
Holding gratitude for the life, genius, and music
of my musical mentor, Earl Wild, on his birthday.
earlwild.com
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
Holding gratitude for the life, genius, and music
of my musical mentor, Earl Wild, on his birthday.
earlwild.com
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🎶 🎹
Holding gratitude for the life, genius, and music
of my musical mentor, Earl Wild, on his birthday.
earlwild.com
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
Holding gratitude for the life, genius, and music
of my musical mentor, Earl Wild, on his birthday.
earlwild.com
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
“In the morning, at daybreak,
over the dewy grass,
I will go to breathe the crisp dawn...”
Rachmaninoff’s “Lilacs”
at The Concert Hall at Drew University
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
over the dewy grass,
I will go to breathe the crisp dawn...”
Rachmaninoff’s “Lilacs”
at The Concert Hall at Drew University
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“In the morning, at daybreak,
over the dewy grass,
I will go to breathe the crisp dawn...”
Rachmaninoff’s “Lilacs”
at The Concert Hall at Drew University
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
over the dewy grass,
I will go to breathe the crisp dawn...”
Rachmaninoff’s “Lilacs”
at The Concert Hall at Drew University
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
🎶❤️
Take a guided tour
of Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”
in Grief & Hope (10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
Take a guided tour
of Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”
in Grief & Hope (10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🎶❤️
Take a guided tour
of Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”
in Grief & Hope (10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
Take a guided tour
of Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”
in Grief & Hope (10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
🎶🪻
“In the morning, at dawn,
Through the dew-clad grass,
I shall walk, breathing in the freshness of morning...”
A recent afternoon moment spent
with Rachmaninoff’s own transcription
of his song “Lilacs”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EY...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
“In the morning, at dawn,
Through the dew-clad grass,
I shall walk, breathing in the freshness of morning...”
A recent afternoon moment spent
with Rachmaninoff’s own transcription
of his song “Lilacs”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EY...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
John McArthur, pianist- "Lilacs" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
YouTube video by The Concert Hall at Drew University
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🎶🪻
“In the morning, at dawn,
Through the dew-clad grass,
I shall walk, breathing in the freshness of morning...”
A recent afternoon moment spent
with Rachmaninoff’s own transcription
of his song “Lilacs”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EY...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
“In the morning, at dawn,
Through the dew-clad grass,
I shall walk, breathing in the freshness of morning...”
A recent afternoon moment spent
with Rachmaninoff’s own transcription
of his song “Lilacs”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EY...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
🪻🪻🪻
“Lilacs remind us to unwind and relax; to breathe.”
Take about 3 minutes to breathe
with John McArthur’s recent performance
of “Lilacs” from The Concert Hall at Drew University
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EY...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
“Lilacs remind us to unwind and relax; to breathe.”
Take about 3 minutes to breathe
with John McArthur’s recent performance
of “Lilacs” from The Concert Hall at Drew University
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EY...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🪻🪻🪻
“Lilacs remind us to unwind and relax; to breathe.”
Take about 3 minutes to breathe
with John McArthur’s recent performance
of “Lilacs” from The Concert Hall at Drew University
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EY...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
“Lilacs remind us to unwind and relax; to breathe.”
Take about 3 minutes to breathe
with John McArthur’s recent performance
of “Lilacs” from The Concert Hall at Drew University
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2EY...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
🎶❤️ Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow)
...this musical story runs its course until
a section that sounds like waking from a dream…
Hear more at The Concert Hall at Drew University
on YouTube
youtu.be/rWOwnY5w5rE?...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
...this musical story runs its course until
a section that sounds like waking from a dream…
Hear more at The Concert Hall at Drew University
on YouTube
youtu.be/rWOwnY5w5rE?...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🎶❤️ Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow)
...this musical story runs its course until
a section that sounds like waking from a dream…
Hear more at The Concert Hall at Drew University
on YouTube
youtu.be/rWOwnY5w5rE?...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
...this musical story runs its course until
a section that sounds like waking from a dream…
Hear more at The Concert Hall at Drew University
on YouTube
youtu.be/rWOwnY5w5rE?...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
🎶🎥
Explore points of connection John McArthur
finds with Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise
in Grief & Hope
(10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #rachmaninoff
Explore points of connection John McArthur
finds with Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise
in Grief & Hope
(10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #rachmaninoff
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🎶🎥
Explore points of connection John McArthur
finds with Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise
in Grief & Hope
(10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #rachmaninoff
Explore points of connection John McArthur
finds with Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise
in Grief & Hope
(10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRg...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #rachmaninoff
🎶❤️ A playful performance of
Kreisler / Rachmaninoff’s
“Liebesleid”
on
The Concert Hall at Drew University’s YouTube Channel: youtu.be/rWOwnY5w5rE?...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
Kreisler / Rachmaninoff’s
“Liebesleid”
on
The Concert Hall at Drew University’s YouTube Channel: youtu.be/rWOwnY5w5rE?...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🎶❤️ A playful performance of
Kreisler / Rachmaninoff’s
“Liebesleid”
on
The Concert Hall at Drew University’s YouTube Channel: youtu.be/rWOwnY5w5rE?...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
Kreisler / Rachmaninoff’s
“Liebesleid”
on
The Concert Hall at Drew University’s YouTube Channel: youtu.be/rWOwnY5w5rE?...
#classicalpiano #pianosky #classicalmusic
🎃
a spooky little Lullaby for the season...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ESct...
#classicalmusic #pianosky #classicalpiano
a spooky little Lullaby for the season...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ESct...
#classicalmusic #pianosky #classicalpiano
Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 (Transc. for Piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff)
YouTube video by John McArthur - Topic
music.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🎃
a spooky little Lullaby for the season...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ESct...
#classicalmusic #pianosky #classicalpiano
a spooky little Lullaby for the season...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ESct...
#classicalmusic #pianosky #classicalpiano
🎶 I’m drawn to shaping inner voices as I play...
...but sometimes a smaller piano, with a “close” and warm sound offers a moment to focus purely
on the elegance of melody...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
...but sometimes a smaller piano, with a “close” and warm sound offers a moment to focus purely
on the elegance of melody...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
October 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🎶 I’m drawn to shaping inner voices as I play...
...but sometimes a smaller piano, with a “close” and warm sound offers a moment to focus purely
on the elegance of melody...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
...but sometimes a smaller piano, with a “close” and warm sound offers a moment to focus purely
on the elegance of melody...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky
🎶❤️🔥
In honor of Franz Liszt’s birthday,
a moment of musical declaration:
“Funerailles”
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
In honor of Franz Liszt’s birthday,
a moment of musical declaration:
“Funerailles”
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎶❤️🔥
In honor of Franz Liszt’s birthday,
a moment of musical declaration:
“Funerailles”
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
In honor of Franz Liszt’s birthday,
a moment of musical declaration:
“Funerailles”
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky
October 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🎶 ❤️ Monday music...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=bil-...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky #liszt
music.youtube.com/watch?v=bil-...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky #liszt
Myrthen, Op. 25: I. Widmung (Transc. for Piano by Franz Liszt)
YouTube video by John McArthur - Topic
music.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🎶 ❤️ Monday music...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=bil-...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky #liszt
music.youtube.com/watch?v=bil-...
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianosky #liszt
🎶⏳ Music is so often connected to story.
The story of this music took shape over 25 years.
Explore at:
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/stream...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky #oceanphotography
The story of this music took shape over 25 years.
Explore at:
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/stream...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky #oceanphotography
October 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🎶⏳ Music is so often connected to story.
The story of this music took shape over 25 years.
Explore at:
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/stream...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky #oceanphotography
The story of this music took shape over 25 years.
Explore at:
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/stream...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky #oceanphotography
🎶 🎹
Earl Wild calls on the considerable resources
of the piano & his own creativity
in replacing the voice in Vocalise.
Through some very elaborate writing
Wild’s fingerprint is unmistakable
but without distracting from
or diminishing Rachmaninoff’s intent.
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano
Earl Wild calls on the considerable resources
of the piano & his own creativity
in replacing the voice in Vocalise.
Through some very elaborate writing
Wild’s fingerprint is unmistakable
but without distracting from
or diminishing Rachmaninoff’s intent.
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano
October 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🎶 🎹
Earl Wild calls on the considerable resources
of the piano & his own creativity
in replacing the voice in Vocalise.
Through some very elaborate writing
Wild’s fingerprint is unmistakable
but without distracting from
or diminishing Rachmaninoff’s intent.
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano
Earl Wild calls on the considerable resources
of the piano & his own creativity
in replacing the voice in Vocalise.
Through some very elaborate writing
Wild’s fingerprint is unmistakable
but without distracting from
or diminishing Rachmaninoff’s intent.
#classicalmusic #classicalpiano
🎶🎹
Hear Piano Transcriptions by:
Earl Wild
Franz Liszt
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Moritz Moszkowski
and Max Pirani
featured on “The HIDDEN Project”
streaming everywhere...
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/the-hi...
📷: John Decker
Hear Piano Transcriptions by:
Earl Wild
Franz Liszt
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Moritz Moszkowski
and Max Pirani
featured on “The HIDDEN Project”
streaming everywhere...
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/the-hi...
📷: John Decker
October 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🎶🎹
Hear Piano Transcriptions by:
Earl Wild
Franz Liszt
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Moritz Moszkowski
and Max Pirani
featured on “The HIDDEN Project”
streaming everywhere...
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/the-hi...
📷: John Decker
Hear Piano Transcriptions by:
Earl Wild
Franz Liszt
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Moritz Moszkowski
and Max Pirani
featured on “The HIDDEN Project”
streaming everywhere...
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/the-hi...
📷: John Decker
“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.”
- Henry Miller
#pianosky #musicsky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #jazz
- Henry Miller
#pianosky #musicsky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #jazz
October 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.”
- Henry Miller
#pianosky #musicsky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #jazz
- Henry Miller
#pianosky #musicsky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #jazz
🎶🗽
Celebrating George Gershwin's
birthday weekend...
...and music that stretched
from Broadway theater
to countless movies
into the canon of American music.
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #jazz
Celebrating George Gershwin's
birthday weekend...
...and music that stretched
from Broadway theater
to countless movies
into the canon of American music.
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #jazz
September 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🎶🗽
Celebrating George Gershwin's
birthday weekend...
...and music that stretched
from Broadway theater
to countless movies
into the canon of American music.
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #jazz
Celebrating George Gershwin's
birthday weekend...
...and music that stretched
from Broadway theater
to countless movies
into the canon of American music.
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #jazz
🎶✨
Remembering George Gershwin on his birthday...
and marveling at all he gave us
in under 40 years.
Illustration by Xiao Hua Yang
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #jazz
Remembering George Gershwin on his birthday...
and marveling at all he gave us
in under 40 years.
Illustration by Xiao Hua Yang
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #jazz
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🎶✨
Remembering George Gershwin on his birthday...
and marveling at all he gave us
in under 40 years.
Illustration by Xiao Hua Yang
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #jazz
Remembering George Gershwin on his birthday...
and marveling at all he gave us
in under 40 years.
Illustration by Xiao Hua Yang
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #jazz
🎶🌅
Earl Wild’s artful combining of Fauré’s vocal part
and piano accompaniment
into a solo piano piece.
“Après un Rêve”
#pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #dream
Earl Wild’s artful combining of Fauré’s vocal part
and piano accompaniment
into a solo piano piece.
“Après un Rêve”
#pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #dream
September 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🎶🌅
Earl Wild’s artful combining of Fauré’s vocal part
and piano accompaniment
into a solo piano piece.
“Après un Rêve”
#pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #dream
Earl Wild’s artful combining of Fauré’s vocal part
and piano accompaniment
into a solo piano piece.
“Après un Rêve”
#pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #dream