Everything I listened to appeals directly to my taste in classical music. Bruch was a straightforward German Romantic composer and, apparently, I like that. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say ...

Why would ultra-serious Johannes Brahms write not one, but two serenades—pieces usually meant for light entertainment? He was working his way up to writing symphonies. Brahms dedicated his second ...

Scored for orchestra and a unison chorus of 30 baritones, Duruflé's luminous Messe 'cum jubilo' anchors the program. This performance marks only the third time the piece has ever been presented with ...

NEW YORK — A century separates the clarinet quintets of Mozart and Brahms, but at the emotional heart of each sits a slow movement of rapt, bucolic calm. In both, the strings play with mutes, creating ...

On the other hand I immediately felt how hard it would be to come close to this “truth”. In all of Brahms’s music there is this element of something elusive and unreachable. Deeply inspired by this ...

At just 19 years old, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was told: don’t imitate Brahms. So he didn’t—he answered him. His Clarinet Quintet uses the same instruments and structure as Brahms’s, but speaks in a ...

The 75th season of the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra (FSO) is going strong in 2024 with several upcoming concerts scheduled throughout the year. This month FSO is returning to tradition with its ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Recordings of Brahms, Haydn, Grieg, Nikolai Kapustin and George Walker are among recent highlights. Frank Dupree, piano; Jakob Krupp, bass; Obi Jenne, ...