The chance to hear a great living composer conducting his own music is rarity enough. But the new work John Adams has brought with him is rarer still: a composition created in the here-and-now that ...
Some people feel like they’ve missed out because Mozart and Beethoven lived in a different century. But they’re overlooking the great artists who are in our midst today — composers writing music that ...
The composer’s latest work for violin and orchestra — he calls it a “dramatic symphony,” but surely “concerto” is also not far from the mark — sets a whole new standard for narrative and theatrical ...
At WSHU we like to think of ourselves as great storytellers, but we’ve got nothing on Scheherazade! Rimsky-Korsakov turns her 1,001 cliff-hangers into a musical page-turner. Follow every twist and ...
Watch as Elim Chan conducts Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade” as part of her NY Phil debut on March 7, 2024, featuring NY Phil Concertmaster Frank Huang. The work was also on the program when Chan ...
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — On Saturday, the Albany Symphony Orchestra continues its 2021-2022 season with a performance at Proctors in Schenectady. The major piece on the program is Nikolia Rimsky-Korsakov’s ...
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JoAnn Falletta. Photo by Cheryl Gorski. JoAnn Falletta is celebrating her 20th anniversary as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, so we’ve gotta give her a shout out with this old ...
Conductor JoAnn Falletta. Photo by Mark Dellas, courtesy of JoAnn Falletta. Who was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and why does he have two last names? And why would a 19th century Russian composer write a ...