Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst’s one-movement concerto, premiered by him in 1846, is his most ambitious work. Virtuosos ignore it today in the belief that its immense difficulties outweigh its aesthetic value ...
The Memorial Classical Music Series presents a salon-style house violin & piano duo concert featuring quite romantic music by Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Cecile Chaminade, Lili Boulanger, Germaine ...
Under the baton of guest conductor Ankush Kumar Bahl, Elgin Symphony Orchestra will perform its “Beethoven’s Eroica” concert Feb. 5 and 6 at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin. If you’ve always ...
Classic FM Drive Featured Album, 16 February 2015. Following the success of her discs of Romantic violin music, Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang has recorded Mozart’s Concertos Nos. 1 and 5 'Turkish' ...
For her debut solo album, brilliant young violinist Emily Sun has chosen music of passionate, intense beauty from the great French masters. At the heart of the album are two of the cornerstones of the ...
He was born to an enslaved woman and a planter in Guadaloupe in the mid-18th century. Barely more than a quarter-century later, he became concertmaster (and eventually music director) of the ...
NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Sept. 18. PORT TOWNSEND — Argentine tangos, Chopin etudes, music from Lizst and Ravel: It’s a program Lisa Lanza loves. The pianist will offer works from ...