Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra led an illuminating journey through one of Mahler’s less heard symphonies at ...

Some orchestral music simply sounds better performed by ensembles smaller than Strauss-size forces, and in cozier settings.

When I was in elementary school, the music teacher taught us to dance the minuet. I don’t remember the stately steps, but I remember the tempo, so I know that Haydn and Mozart sometimes composed ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Imagine this: You're at your local symphony hall and the orchestra has just delivered a spectacular performance of the first movement of Brahms' Symphony No. 4. As the notes fade ...

If you’ve ever attended a classical concert, you’ve probably experienced that awkward, hesitant half-clapping that sometimes occurs at the end of a symphonic movement: The music stops, the hall falls ...

Ugly, wretched, unkempt, and inflexible. Those are some of the legendary descriptions of Ludwig von Beethoven, a 19th century radical beatnik known equally for his eccentric, genius, and revolutionary ...

Seattle Symphony is up for three Grammy Awards (best orchestral performance, best classical instrumental solo and best contemporary classical composition) on Feb. 10 — a good reminder that we have a ...

The musicians of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra usually perform emotional surgery from a physical stage in times of distress. Now, undeterred by social distancing and a furlough caused by the ...

The Butler County Symphony Orchestra blended the serene lows and intense highs of classical and contemporary American music ...