This installment of the Herbert ... von Karajan His Legacy series showcases the acclaimed conductor leading the Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra in a 1984 performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskys ...
But then most orchestras are not the Vienna Philharmonic, and most conductors aren’t Herbert von Karajan – and when those two titanic forces met for a legendary New Year’s Day concert of ...
2025 — Festival City Symphony (FCS) is excited to kick off the new year with an extraordinary Saturday Classics performance, “Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s Eighth,” on ...
The weekend’s Madison Symphony Orchestra concert series is an all-Beethoven affair, with three massive works by the legendary composer: the triumphant Leonore Overture no. 3, the surprisingly joyous ...
Whether Beethoven saved his best symphony for last is a matter of opinion. However, one can hang several descriptors on his Symphony No. 9, and “anticlimactic” isn’t one of them. If you’re ...
In fact, two of the works on the program were conventional, as they were both by Beethoven: the Overture to his ballet, “The Creatures of Prometheus” (1801), and his Symphony No. 3 in E-flat ...
This weekend, the Spokane Symphony and conductor James Lowe will be putting AI-produced art to the test as they play Beethoven’s Symphony No. 10 in full. If you’re reading this with any ...