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Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason brings Mieczysław Weinberg’s Cello Concerto to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
“The way Elgar represents the people that are important in his life is really charming and delightful, and very moving,” says conductor Marin Alsop, on Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations, a series of portraits of friends and family members. Alsop conducts this piece, along with music by Barber and Rachmaninoff.
Tired of Pachelbel’s Canon in D and Mendelssohn’s Wedding March? Here are other romantic selections to consider!
A conversation with the American tenor in advance of his performance in the title role of Philip Glass’s Galileo Galilei at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
A motley medley of music inspired by birds of all feathers!
Rounding out California Symphony’s suite of concerts with works by Viet Cuong, Edward Elgar, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Classical concertos are a great entry point for beginners. High-flying, exciting, virtuosic, they are often a pinnacle of solo performance.
Another packed summer of live music awaits.
Featuring the eminent English composer’s Enigma Variations, Cello Concerto, and more.
This broadcast celebrates the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s second music director Frederick Stock!
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and soprano Lise Davidsen join conductor Marin Alsop and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for the celebratory conclusion of the 2023 Proms.
Not only are these composers’ musical works an inspiration, but their words are, too! Here are some of the most beautiful insights you’ll read all day.
Plus Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto and a European premiere by Noriko Koide, all conducted by Elim Chan.
Musicians from rap to alternative to K-Pop and beyond look to classical music for inspiration! Here are just a few creative examples.
Music by Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar.
Marin Alsop opens this program with Barber’s First Symphony and Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, featuring Lukáš Vondráček in his debut performances, followed by Elgar’s Enigma Variations.
Zlatomir Fung perform a jewel of the cello repertoire.
In July 2022, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America made its greatly anticipated return to Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, marking its first public performance since 2019.
The work by Lloyd Webber is one of a dozen new pieces Charles commissioned for the grand occasion taking place May 6 at Westminster Abbey.
All Souls Day (November 2) is a day of prayer and remembrance for departed loved ones observed in many branches of Christianity.
Meet the incredible pets who inspired some of our favorite music!
Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022, at the age of 96. In memoriam, we take a look at the royal monarch’s life through a musical lens…
A rich blend of music for calm, conversation, and of course, caffeine.
With this year’s Euro Cup Finals nearly upon us, chants and songs are breathing life into the stadiums. Yet as it turns out, the relationship between music and football extends way beyond chants and national anthems.
In 2018, 1.9 billion people around the world watched the young cellist — he was just 19 years old at the time — perform during the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Now, he’s released his second album, a collaboration with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra.