Following his debut at the 2025 BBC Proms, one-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy talks repertoire, technique and challenging prejudice ...

Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra Ismo Eskelinen, Guitar Lapland Chamber Orchestra John Storgårds, Conductor Quintet for Horn and String Quartet Ilkka Puputti, Horn Lapland Chamber Orchestra ...

Violin Concerto Charlie Lovell-Jones, Violin BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Rumon Gamba, Conductor Leviathan Bill Anderson, Double bassoon BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Rumon Gamba, Conductor Symphony No 5 ...

As part of its annual tradition, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra presents five out of the six “Brandenburg” Concertos written by Johann Sebastian Bach. While not composed as Christmas music, the ...

When Nicole Buetti first picked up the bassoon, it was supposed to be a not-so-secret weapon in woodwind-on-woodwind combat. She was 11 years old and stuck playing the flute alongside her school ...

Eighteen indispensable men got ready last week for another winter’s work. They were the contrabassoonists of the eighteen big U.S. symphony orchestras. Without them, the U.S. symphonic season could ...

Practicing since the first week of this semester, the Eastern Symphony Orchestra is getting ready to perform at the Dvorak Concert Hall in Doudna Fine Arts Center on Friday at 7:30 p.m. “Preparing for ...

KEF’s latest surround sound package offers up a rich, detailed and engaging cinematic sound that’s hard to resist – it truly reminds us what makes proper surround sound so appealing Best KEF speakers ...

Having proved his credentials in dance music with a Portsmouth performance of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Act 2 last December, Wigglesworth struck a similarly spacious mix of control and relaxation ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The music most people associate with György Ligeti is his orchestral piece Atmosphères, used in Stanley Kubrick ...

"Jeru Concerto" opens composer/baritone saxophonist Brian Landrus's orchestral debut, "Generations." The recording features a 25-piece orchestra and eight original compositions inspired by generations ...

An instrument that went missing almost six years ago from Kleinhans Music Hall is home again, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra announced Friday. A contrabassoon – a woodwind instrument with a sound ...