Even for a composer as heart-on-your-sleeve emotional as Peter Tchaikovsky, his Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 (1878) stands out for its wrenching emotionalism. At...

For this concert, the Philomusica Quartet—Jeanyi Kim and Alexander “Sascha” Mandl on violin, Nathan Hackett on viola and Adrien Zitoun on cello—performs works by three...

Even when he was separated from a liturgical necessity, J.S. Bach still cultivated interest in the musical genre that characterized so many of his religious works: the cantata...

Mozart's Sonata for Piano, Four Hands, K. 497 (1786)—to be performed here as an arrangement for piano trio—is a four-movement work in the form of a church sonata. Its...

Idomeneo was Mozart's first truly great opera, its orchestration being one of its glories. The composer's frequent use of the chorus and extensive ballet displays a French style...

As traumatizing as the Dec. 7 raid on Pearl Harbor had been, the hits just kept on coming as Germany's grip on Europe tightened and the Japanese followed their attack on Hawaii with invasions throughout the South Pacific. For the Allies, December...

Robert Schumann's reputation as a master of Romantic piano music has, to some degree, overshadowed his work in other genres; indeed, it has long been fashionable to bemoan his lack...

In the spring of 1787, an awkward teenager from Bonn arrived in Vienna on a mission: to meet and impress the era's greatest composer, Wolfgang Mozart. Their meeting was brief, but Mozart heard enough to advise his guests to “keep an eye on him...

Maestro Edo de Waart kicks off the orchestra's season with an all-Beethoven concert— indeed, three of Beethoven's benchmark pieces. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21...

"The violin accompanies me all the time. Everything around me is under its influence," explains singer, violinist, composer and actress Iva Bittová. "The violin is a mirror reflecting my dreams and imagination," she continues, both of which surely will be made most evident in an upcoming concert. She was born in the Moravian section...