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The four concerts played by a world-beating combination a ' across two of London's landmark venues a ' will be, quite simply, unmissable More than OK ... Simon Rattle conducts a rehearsal of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

THE question is often asked: does such a self-contained and self-sufficient ensemble as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra really need a principal conductor? There have been long periods in its 35-year history where the post has lain vacant, and musically things have simply ticked along, business as usual, with guest conductors jetting in to add their ...

George Gershwin painting his portrait of Arnold Schoenberg, ca. 1934, unidentified photographer, from the Henry Botkin papers of the Archives of American Art It is hard to imagine a better program to illustrate the musical tensions of the latter half of the nineteenth century and their impact on the early twentieth than the one prepared by Sir ...

The last time the Berlin Philharmonic and its conductor, Sir Simon Rattle, visited San Francisco, they nearly spun Davies Symphony Hall out of earth orbit with a performance of Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony.

Legends aren't always what they're cracked up to be. Witness the Berlin Philharmonic, at least as heard Friday night at Carnegie Hall.

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

For all the wondrous diversity Carnegie Hall has injected into its programming in recent years, the heart of its traditional mission lies in a few series of concerts each season: extended visits by the world's great orchestras.

BERLIN PHILHARMONIC Boston is extremely lucky to have the Berliners back again so soon after their last Celebrity Series visit in 2007.

Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic are on a tour that comes to Symphony Hall on Sunday.

One of the top two or three orchestras in the world, the Berlin Philharmonic hasn't performed locally in eight years.

The Berlin Philharmonic plays the third and fourth symphonies of Brahms and the film music of Schoenberg in their performance at Hill Auditorium on Tuesday.

Der britische Dirigent Sir Simon Rattle bedankt sich am 1. Februar 2007 fuer die 'Goldene Kamera' in der Spezial-Kategorie Integration bei der Preisverleihung des Medienpreises der Fernsehzeitung 'Hoerzu' in Berlin.

Deutsche Bank will present a free webcast of the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle performing Brahms's Third and Fourth symphonies on Monday, November 9 at 8.00 p.m. EST on its website, www.db.com . The webcast celebrates the start of the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle's U.S. tour that begins at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday ...

Amid much excitement, the Venezuelan conductor has become music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Link to this video "I am not a wunderkind," 28-year-old Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel said, after his first rehearsal as the new music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Simon Rattle takes on the core of the symphonic repertoire, conducting all four symphonies by Brahms on a new recording.

Kaija Saariaho This past Friday was the initial program in the first full season of the Berlin Philharmonic to be delivered over the Internet as streaming video through their Digital Concert Hall service; and that concert will be available for viewing for the rest of the season in the Concert Hall Archives.

The conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, is seen during the Lucerne Festival in Luzern, Switzerland, Friday Sept.

We keep hearing that classical music is in trouble. It's too expensive. Its audiences are too old.

We keep hearing that classical music is in trouble. It's too expensive. Its audiences are too old.

W ith fall just around the corner, performing and visual arts organizations are about to unleash some of the most exciting programming of the 2009-10 season - from the Treasure Island Music Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Mark Morris Dance Group and Simon Rattle leading the Berlin Philharmonic to Cirque du Soleil's "Ovo" and the brand-new Green ...