The Concerto for Orchestra was composer Bela Bartok's last completed work; he did not live to finish either the Third Piano Concerto or the Viola Concerto that followed it. In these last works, all ...

Williams is best known for his grandly symphonic, Oscar-winning film scores. But his latest concert work is quieter, and more haunting. By Joshua Barone Reporting from Lenox, Mass. You could be ...

Completed in 1919, the Cello Concerto was Edward Elgar's last major work for orchestra, and his most confessional. In spite of fleeting moments of idyllic release, it's dominated by disillusionment, ...

Don't miss the HSO's final program of the season, including performances from this year's concerto winners. Tickets to the April 18 show are free to students. "To have the opportunity to play a solo ...

Prokofiev’s most popular concerto has inspired a range of interpretations since the composer’s own 1932 recording. David Gutman picks the finest from a burgeoning discography Sviatoslav Richter, a ...

The prodigious South Korean talent won 2022’s Van Cliburn piano competition with this performance; his version deserves a place alongside Argerich and Rachmaninov himself As soon as the 2022 Van ...

Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto has long lived in the shadow of its ubiquitous predecessor and fallen victim to well-meaning editorial excisions. Jeremy Nicholas assesses its eight-decade ...

Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall was the setting for a different kind of homecoming concert on Thursday and Friday. The Minnesota Orchestra welcomed back not a musician whose career began here, but a piece ...