There was only a single performance of an exhilarating CSO concert this past Saturday evening. It attracted a packed house ...

Tristan und Isolde — returning to the Philadelphia Orchestra for the first time since 1934 — is something that great musicians long to live up to and hold for conditions to be as right as they can be.

JoAnn Falletta conducts the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Alberto Ginastera, ...

While what happened on Friday night at Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall didn’t reach that level of career breakthrough, it was ...

The Best of the 2025 BBC Proms: 20 picks, from Chineke! to Mozart - As the Proms head back to London, another season of music variety beckons. Nick Kimberley picks out the ones worth grabbing tickets ...

On Saturday and Sunday, audiences in both Chico and Redding will experience Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, a piece known for its emotional depth and historical significance as it was born out of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Look no further for the events marking the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. As ...

Experience the profound emotional journey of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor in a stirring performance conducted by Hossein Pishkar. From the sombre opening funeral march to the ...

For Adam Jackson, the piano represents endless possibilities. “The repertoire that pianists have is just so vast. So many composers wrote some of best music for piano and even composers who didn ...

Despite the political complications of his life and their impact on his work, Shostakovich is now a staple of symphony programming. The Cleveland Orchestra will be playing his Symphony No. 5 this week ...

The finale was Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, firmly in the conductor’s expertise ... until an oblique rhythm marks a bridge to the driving, Bernstein-esque second section. Though neither conceptual ...