Rachmaninov’s First Symphony of 1895 is a tricky work to bring off. The composer never got around to revising it, though he expressed an inclination to do so, and it has remained one of those ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Each successive hearing of the Shostakovich Fourth Symphony, on CD or (all too rarely) in the concert hall, prompts a ...

1 Exclusive: Celia Berk to Release New Winter EP; Watch New Lyric Video Throughout the 2014-2015 season, the BSO explores themes of spirituality and transcendence in eight programs. The second of ...

This week's Dallas Symphony Orchestra concerts feature two of the composer's lesser-known works, the First Symphony and Fourth Piano Concerto. The guest conductor, a regular visitor here, is Hans Graf ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The history of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Rachmaninov (or Rachmaninoff as they spell him) goes back a long ...

The San Diego Symphony concluded its Jacobs Masterworks Series with a weekend of Rachmaninoff and Beethoven. I attended the Saturday, May 25 concert. This was the third time I’d heard the Rachmaninoff ...

JACKSON, MI – Internationally renowned pianist Inon Barnatan will feature some of classical music’s most beautiful works during the Jackson Symphony Orchestra’s “Romantic Rachmaninov” concert. The ...

There is nothing “usual” about the programming for this week’s all-Rachmaninov concerts by Seattle Symphony. Not only will principal guest conductor Thomas Dausgaard explore the musical soil from ...

You can tell by the wild cheering emanating from Benaroya Hall: Thomas Dausgaard is back in town. The Seattle Symphony’s highly popular principal guest conductor led the first of three all-Rachmaninov ...

Considered by some to be the most romantic orchestral work of all time, Rachmaninov’s luscious symphony is the perfect piece to get you in the mood for love and romance. During the autumn of 1906 ...

Hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies examine a hidden gem by Mozart contemporary Joseph Martin Kraus and Beethoven's fusion of different forms and genres, the 'Choral Fantasy,' featuring pianist ...

The four performances will take place Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 1:30 pm, at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark; Friday, March 14, 2025, at 8 pm, at Richardson Auditorium in ...