This concerto was the most expansive and ambitious audiences had yet encountered.
Read MoreMozart may not have been the first to write for clarinet, but no composer did more to establish the instrument.
Read MoreThis is a lyrical piece in which moments of agitation or anxiety on the part of the soloist or orchestra are always coaxed back into joy by the other musicians.
Read MoreMozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major stands out as one of the composer’s most intimate and expressive works.
Read MoreHis two piano concerti— opus 21 in F minor and opus 11 in E minor— were the only pieces Chopin ever composed for orchestra.
Read MoreIn the 86 years of his life, this law school dropout may have written more music than any other composer in history.
Read MoreThe Concerto for Organ, Timpani, and Strings showcases a side of Poulenc’s personality that had rarely surfaced in prior works. The wit and humor are still present, to be sure, but there is a sincerity that sets it apart.
Read MoreKhachaturian’s music is characterized most notably by the influence of folk music. Born to an ethnic Armenian family in Georgia, he grew up steeped in the region’s culture.
Read MoreThe Duke of Guînes, whom Mozart found to be an excellent flutist, commissioned Mozart to compose a concerto he could perform with his daughter, a harpist. The result was a charming and joyous work for what was, at the time, an unusual instrumental combination.
Read MoreAn equal partnership between soloist and ensemble is on full display in Brahms’ Violin Concerto.
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