Brahms does Haydn: Pianist Emmanuel Ax and conductor Robert Spano had an interesting idea for a concert program. They decided to perform both the two piano version, and the orchestral version of ...

Back in 1873, when Johannes Brahms wrote his now-famous Variations on a Theme by Haydn, folks actually believed the jaunty little theme was written by Haydn. We've since found out otherwise, but it ...

The Owensboro Symphony will showcase a wealth of classical music during the “Beethoven. Brahms. Haydn. Hooten.” program — the organization’s first concert of 2025 — starting at 7 p.m. Saturday inside ...

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting October 7th, 2007 - Buy Brahms Academic Festival Tragic Overtures Variations on a Theme by HaydnSerenade No 2 DVD ...

In recent weeks, some people have written me to take exception to my description of programming at the National Symphony Orchestra as “business as usual.” One of the points of having a large orchestra ...

Monday through Friday nights at 7, Charley Samson is your connection to the music, voices and happenings of Colorado's classical music community. Here's what's on tap for the week of Nov 10. The story ...

Comparing Brahms’s pair of cello sonatas is like looking at the two piano concertos. There’s the youthful, three-movement grumpy one. Then a long gap before a major key work in four parts, with a last ...

Compare the openings of Brahms’s two piano concertos and you'd be mistaken for thinking they were by different composers. The earlier work begins with the fiercest of orchestral growls, the piano ...

For a glimpse of classical music’s future in Seattle, head down to Benaroya Hall this weekend to experience Thomas Dausgaard in action. The Danish conductor is back in town leading the Seattle ...

Announcer: The following program was previously recorded. Jeff Spurgeon: In New York City, there are lots of ways to get to Carnegie Hall, the subway, a taxi, a walk down 57th Street. This is another ...

Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahms orchestral works with the Wiener Philharmoniker to honour the 150th anniversary of the composers birth in 1983 For the concertos ...