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
🎊 🏔️ 🎶
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
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
Stephen Russo (Prime Piano) is a kind & expert craftsman and steward of sounds.
Rich & Dave at Cunningham Piano both contributed greatly to my recent recordings (for release next year)
Rich & Dave at Cunningham Piano both contributed greatly to my recent recordings (for release next year)
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Stephen Russo (Prime Piano) is a kind & expert craftsman and steward of sounds.
Rich & Dave at Cunningham Piano both contributed greatly to my recent recordings (for release next year)
Rich & Dave at Cunningham Piano both contributed greatly to my recent recordings (for release next year)
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
🪻🪻🪻
“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
🎶 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
🎶⏳ 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
🎶 The French composer, Francis Poulenc, used a harmonic palette containing dissonances that were extremely lush.
Earl Wild’s surrounds Bach’s melody with a new suit of clothes not too different from Bill Evans or Oscar Peterson - with a wink at the end…
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/blogs/record...
Earl Wild’s surrounds Bach’s melody with a new suit of clothes not too different from Bill Evans or Oscar Peterson - with a wink at the end…
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/blogs/record...
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🎶 The French composer, Francis Poulenc, used a harmonic palette containing dissonances that were extremely lush.
Earl Wild’s surrounds Bach’s melody with a new suit of clothes not too different from Bill Evans or Oscar Peterson - with a wink at the end…
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/blogs/record...
Earl Wild’s surrounds Bach’s melody with a new suit of clothes not too different from Bill Evans or Oscar Peterson - with a wink at the end…
www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/blogs/record...
🎶 🌅 This beautiful melody by J.S.Bach,
when introduced to the lush harmonic palette of Francis Poulenc,
reflects the elegance and compositional genius of the incomparable Earl Wild.
📷: John Decker
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano
when introduced to the lush harmonic palette of Francis Poulenc,
reflects the elegance and compositional genius of the incomparable Earl Wild.
📷: John Decker
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano
September 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🎶 🌅 This beautiful melody by J.S.Bach,
when introduced to the lush harmonic palette of Francis Poulenc,
reflects the elegance and compositional genius of the incomparable Earl Wild.
📷: John Decker
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano
when introduced to the lush harmonic palette of Francis Poulenc,
reflects the elegance and compositional genius of the incomparable Earl Wild.
📷: John Decker
#musicsky #pianosky #classicalmusic #classicalpiano
🎶❤️ Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”
(transcribed for the piano by my
musical mentor, Earl Wild).
This piece was like a companion
to me for many years...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky #ocean
(transcribed for the piano by my
musical mentor, Earl Wild).
This piece was like a companion
to me for many years...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky #ocean
September 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🎶❤️ Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”
(transcribed for the piano by my
musical mentor, Earl Wild).
This piece was like a companion
to me for many years...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky #ocean
(transcribed for the piano by my
musical mentor, Earl Wild).
This piece was like a companion
to me for many years...
#classicalpiano #classicalmusic #pianosky #ocean
🎶🏔️ Sibelius “Romance”
The quality of the sound, the harmonies, and even the gestures that one
hears in the rising scale,
that suddenly turns into a divided scale
ushering in the climax of the piece; this angular, carefully carved and polished almost regal sound...
The quality of the sound, the harmonies, and even the gestures that one
hears in the rising scale,
that suddenly turns into a divided scale
ushering in the climax of the piece; this angular, carefully carved and polished almost regal sound...
September 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🎶🏔️ Sibelius “Romance”
The quality of the sound, the harmonies, and even the gestures that one
hears in the rising scale,
that suddenly turns into a divided scale
ushering in the climax of the piece; this angular, carefully carved and polished almost regal sound...
The quality of the sound, the harmonies, and even the gestures that one
hears in the rising scale,
that suddenly turns into a divided scale
ushering in the climax of the piece; this angular, carefully carved and polished almost regal sound...