Brahms News

In an experiment conducted by the Washington Post, Bell, one of the finest and most famous violinists on the planet, set up in a Washington, D.C., subway station during morning rush hour.

THE SCO took one of its mischievous ventures into the bigger symphonic repertoire on Friday.

Fanny Bay seems like an unlikely connection between classical musicians but when pianist Sarah Hagen met cellist Fanny Bray, the play on words became just that.

Would Brahms have "friended" Prokofiev or Bizet? Who knows? All I can say is the three got on swimmingly Saturday evening when the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra put them together in a program of " Brahms and Friends " at the Michigan Theater.

Sutton Symphony Orchestra host their final bash of 2009 this weekend when the talented group once again take over the St Andrewa s United Reform Church for a classical spectacular.

The audience will be as tickled as the ivories when the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra presents its third annual Duo-Piano Gala, with eight of the area's finest pianists performing on Tuckerman Hall's two Steinway grand pianos - one a restored 1902 original - on Nov.

I have spent most of my adult life going to the theater three or four times a week, during Tony season sometimes more.

MUSIC SEOUL ARTS CENTER, Concert Hall Thursday: 11 a.m. Concert. This concert is part of a series of classical performances held every second Thursday of the month at 11 a.m. This week, cellist Song Young-hoon plays pieces by Brahms, Wagner and Beethoven.

Title: Lubbock Symphony Orchestra's "Masterpieces of Vienna" Location: Civic Center Theatre Link out: Click here Description: Rooted in classical tradition, the works of these giant composers cast a powerfully intense shadow still felt today.

Two of Boston's many choruses are opening their seasons on Sunday, and both concerts mark important milestones in the groups' respective histories.

Only one of the 18 pianists in the South Bank's international piano series has programmed music by Brahms.

Pinchas Zukerman shows no sign of slowing down. At 61, after making music for more than 40 years, Zukerman's annual concert schedule includes more than 100 performances on five continents, conducting orchestras, playing chamber music and soloing on violin or viola.

I still like CDs. But whatever format you use to feed your music-listening habit, there are still some worthwhile classical recordings being released.

By the 19th century, composers began to play with sounds in the orchestra the way painters play with colors on their palate.

We asked, after a review of the Mendelssohn birthday concert at the Naples Philharmonic Center on Oct.

Valley Symphony Association is pleased to announce that its first concert of the 39th season will feature the music of great classical composers - Bach, Beethoven and Brahms! The orchestra will play Hungarian Dances by Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No.

What is it about live music that gets us off our couches rather than throw on a favorite playlist and save the money? I suppose we in our double capital celebrate human theatre as much as any other burg, that universal experience of watching music happen in real time.

WALLS AND HOLES: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra music director Bramwell Tovey could moonlight flogging condos.

Cellist Zuill Bailey, left, will be making his debut as artistic director of El Paso Pro-Musica, and will perform with friend, pianist Awadagin Pratt, at concerts tonight at NMSU and Friday in El Paso.

When Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Edgar Muenzer established the Park Ridge Civic Orchestra in his hometown in 1994, he never dreamed it would become such a vital, thriving institution.