"Knowing that Mark-Anthony Turnage’s piece would be very jazzy and very rhythmic," says Simon Rattle, "I felt that the extraordinary serenity of the Vaughan Williams Fifth Symphony would sit ...

Continuing its educational concert series under the leadership of assistant conductor Geoffrey Larson, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra performed for 1,500 students at the Capitol Theatre on ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Riccardo Muti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in a program that featured Verdi’s “Four Seasons” and ...

Named the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra since 2011 and with its players now adults, it is marking its 50th anniversary with a three-week European tour, taking in concerts in Paris ...

Come the event, and neither of the main works on the programme quite stirred the soul: absolutely no fault of Jurowski’s meticulous preparation and the incisive work of four superb soloists, two ...

Communication is important, as is a shared understanding of what makes a great symphony orchestra great. Image “The way he runs rehearsals, and envisions the sound of the orchestra, it’s very ...

The San Antonio Philharmonic was formed after the demise of the city’s 83-year-old orchestra in 2022. But rebuilding has not been easy. Jeffrey Kahane leads the San Antonio Philharmonic in a ...

But it was not much played in his lifetime, despite Clara’s early advocacy. Daniil Trifonov was no less distinguished an advocate at this sold-out London Symphony Orchestra concert. He is among the ...

For the first time ever, the Portland Symphony Orchestra and Opera Maine will join forces on stage. On Friday and Sunday, they will present performances of “La Bohème,” the classic opera by ...

Maconchy’s Nocturne for Orchestra is mysterious and dream-like ... The LSO embraces the variety of this rich programme, joined by three top-class soloists and the London Symphony Chorus on magnificent ...

Night music and love songs – Mahler and Schumann at their romantic best. Mahler’s Seventh Symphony is one his most imaginative – and unexpected – works, with two intimate ‘night music’ movements, an ...

Bernstein has lively and learned conversations about love with writers from ancient Greece in his Serenade for violin and orchestra. Walton’s powerful Symphony No 1 is a blistering journey from ...