This musical feast begins with dessert, for Françaix’s Seven Dances after the Ballet, “Les malheurs de Sophie” (or “The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rose Reid brushed up her violin skills for the romantic drama Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has appeared in Women's World, First ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some zodiac signs live for grand romantic ideas, daydreaming about epic love stories that would make even Nicholas Sparks ...

The program, led by internationally acclaimed violinist Daniel Hope, includes Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,” Divorak’s ...