Joshua Bell has been an international violin soloist since he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Riccardo Muti at the age of 14. He signed his first recording contract four years ...

Musicians played an enormous plastic bottle marimba, a wall of tuned glass bottles, discarded flower pots, cooking pans and a ...

Karol Szymanowski's "Violin Concerto" was written in the autumn of 1916 in Zarudzie, Ukraine, on the estate of the composer's friend - Józef Jaroszyński. It is dedicated to Paweł Kochański. On this ...

The Summer Philharmonic of the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra Academy of Music will debut a new piece by music director Morrie Brand during a free concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Seton Hill ...

At the climax of "In Tempus Praesens," the powerful new violin concerto by the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina that had its North American premiere in Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday night, the ...

Williams is best known for his grandly symphonic, Oscar-winning film scores. But his latest concert work is quieter, and more haunting. By Joshua Barone Reporting from Lenox, Mass. You could be ...

Symphony, concerto, sonata... what’s the difference? The main distinctions lie in the roles of soloists, and their place in, or in front, of the orchestra. Even the most beloved works, imprinted on ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, a new concerto by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, and a rare performance of Charles Ives’ sprawling Symphony No 4 were the red-letter attractions at the Interlochen Center for the ...

Among the many joys in Wednesday night's splendid performance of the William Walton Violin Concerto by Alexander Barantschik and the San Francisco Symphony was the chance to hear a vehicle and soloist ...

The concerto is the consummate musical form for instrumental virtuosity – but which ones are the best of the best? Most commonly written for the violin, piano or cello, concertos make up some of the ...

A musical masterpiece that went missing for 200 years will highlight this weekend’s concerts by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. The musical score for “Cello Concerto in C Major,” written in the ...