Vilde Frang revealed the expressionistic bones of Korngold’s Violin Concerto in her performance of this 1945 work, part of a concert that included Imogen Holst’s Persephone and a drama-filled reading ...

Many years ago, a relative of mine used the term "music-intense" in conversation to describe a musician we both knew. I think it's also an apt descriptor for BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson. His ...

Conductor John Storgårds pairs Shostakovich’s radical youthful 2nd symphony with the more assured 5th, in performances that emphasise clarity over drama ...

When guns speak, the muses keep silent, says an old Russian proverb. Last winter, as he listened to the roar of German artillery and watched the sputtering of German incendiaries from the roof of ...

After a Chicago Symphony rehearsal on Wednesday, a violinist strode towards me and two CSO representatives as we chatted in the aisle. She had something to say to the press, she declared. She had been ...

Complete Information About Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony in Cleveland at Blossom Music Center. SIBELIUS Lemminkäinen’s ReturnWALTON Cello ConcertoSHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5The Cleveland ...

Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich died in 1975 without completing his dream of setting Anton Chekhov’s short story, “The Black Monk,” as an opera. Thanks to playwright James Glossman and musician ...

Like most Russian composers—and unlike his fellows in capitalist countries—Dmitri Shostakovich works for a corporation. Its headquarters are a modern redbrick combination office and apartment house ...

Many years ago, a relative of mine used the term "music-intense" in conversation to describe a musician we both knew. I think it's also an apt descriptor for BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson. His ...