Certain pieces of classical music have legions of fans far beyond the concert hall. Richard Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” has been in many movies, from “Apocalypse Now” to “The Blues Brothers.” If ...
A first-ever mountain concert series featuring 32 pianists performing 32 piano sonatas is underway to celebrate the ...
TROY, N.Y. — The feeling most of us have when leaving a concert featuring the work of a musical giant like Beethoven is awe for the genius of the composer. This weekend the Albany Symphony Orchestra ...
On stage again this Sunday afternoon, May 12, it has all the earmarks of a season finale: a flashy violin concerto, an audience favorite soloist, a huge work for orchestra, chorus, and four soloists ...
THE BASICS: JoAnn Falletta conducts the first of a two-weekend Beethoven festival, featuring the BPO’s Concert Master, violinist Nikki Chooi in Beethoven’s Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra ...
The Southeastern Philharmonic Orchestra is scheduled to perform a concert blending classical and Broadway music April 26 at ...
Music written 213 years ago — such as Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 — is undeniably old. But when such music reaches a kid's ears for the first time, it's a brand-new experience. Several kids ...
Even more than I’ve missed seeing movies in theatres during the pandemic, I’ve missed concerts; though I attend them only rarely, they’re among the most memorable events of my year. That’s why, as ...
One of the last performances attended by the late Twin Cities arts and music writer Pamela Espeland, who died on Sept. 26, was a concert at Orchestra Hall just three days before she passed. At that ...