Orchestral & Symphonic

In March 2019, Thomas Ades conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Gerstein in the world premiere of his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, and it was subsequently named one of the Best Premieres in the New York Times' Best Classical Music of...

In Love with Maasstricht : A Tribute to My Hometown Andre stated that he feel deeply gratified looking at the happy faces in their audience. That and playing with the Johann Strauss Orchestra is what he love most about performing concerts. But there is...

In June 2022, Yunchan Lim became the youngest person ever to win gold at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; his performances throughout showcased a "magical ability" and a "natural, instinctive quality" (La Scena) that astounded listeners...

In June 2013 the Paris Opera, under it's music director Philippe Jordan, marked Wagner's bicentenary with Der Ring des Nibelungen. It was the first time in more than 60 years that the company had performed the complete cycle under festival conditions...

In June 2008, Sydney Symphony Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti returned to Sydney to conduct the Orchestra in the Australian premiere of his own composition, Cantata della vita (Song of Life), a work dedicated to the...

In Istanbul, close to the city center, lies a district not often visited by tourists. It's called Dolapdere, and it is populated by the Roma of the city, many of whom are originally from Thrace. They supply the music for the city's weddings,...

In his work "Symmetry Disorders Reach" whose title and context are inspired by W.H, Auden's "New Year Letter"), Alexander Goehr uses models by Bach, Handel, Mozart and Schumann to explore the creative act. The disorders of the imagination are to be...

In his second Warner Classics recordings of Bruch's two best-loved works, Perlman is joined by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta. He dedicated this recording to his great predecessor Jascha Heifetz, saying that "his artistry will always...

In his publications, Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545-1607) presents himself, rather modestly as the "Organist of the Serene Highness Duke of Ferrara". Accordingly, Luzzaschi's reputation today is similarly modest; he is known, if at all, thanks only to the...

In His Musical Aesthetics, Jean Francaix Was Close to the 'Groupe Des Six' from the Outset, and in the Connection Between Cheerfulness and Elegance So Typical of Him to Poulenc in Particular. This Applies Especially to 1965S Concerto for Two Pianos and...

In his Mass in A flat, Schubert set himself the great task of composing a "Missa solemnis", as he later entitled the work. As with the Mass he wrote in the last year of his life, he severed the bonds imposed by tradition on the four earlier works of...

In his famous 1720 pamphlet Il teatro alla moda, composer Benedetto Marcello satirized what he saw as "excesses" in the new style of Venetian opera espoused by Vivaldi and others. Each of the qualities he mocked, from cadenzas and virtuoso variations to...