The poet T.S. Eliot predicted the world would end not with a bang, but with a whimper. The Allentown Symphony Orchestra’s all-Tchaikovsky program at Miller Symphony Hall last weekend, however, not ...
On March 15, the Boston Symphony Orchestra began their concert as any other: The oboe tuned the orchestra with a concert A, then guest conductor Teddy Abrams and soloist Ray Chen came to the stage to ...
Tchaikovsky never wrote a cello concerto, but the “Variations on a Rococo theme” is a close second. The main theme is a Tchaikovsky original, but it's deeply steeped in his love for Mozart and the ...
Josquin's Missa Mater Patris is a late work, the composer's florid style pared down and clarified to the extent that some commentators suggested it was written by someone else. Peter Phillips rightly ...
Add opera, sea shanties, emerging composers, and visiting violin and classical guitar virtuosi to the classical music mix this week. Pick what looks intriguing, and enjoy! – Les Délices takes a break ...
I miss nationalism in classical music. Nationalism is looked upon by certain contemporary elements as bad because the nations in question were colonial powers, and colonialism was bad. I take a ...
The Piano Trio - piano, violin and cello - had been a popular form in Western Europe since at least the time of Haydn's Trios in the 1760s. But even by the late 19th century the form never caught hold ...
Like the Modern Jazz Quartet, the foursome on this new release folds visions of great classical music into a mainstream jazz setting. Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet has always provided special holiday ...
Soon after the premiere of the ballet “Sleeping Beauty,” Tchaikovsky considered compiling a suite but after much discussion with friends he eventually declined. However, he did repeatedly mention that ...
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