Keyboard Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale": I. Larghetto Keyboard Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale": II. Allegro Keyboard Concerto ...

The passion of Flamenco blends with the elegance of courtly dances in the most popular guitar concerto of all time: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. The work was composed in Paris in 1939 during a ...

It was an invitation from Karajan to the Salzburg Festival 20 years ago that launched the worldwide career of the Istanbul-born Pekinel twins. Turkey’s answer to the Labèque sisters are an exciting ...

From the J.S. Bach keyboard works of the Baroque era to Bartók’s note-splitting masterpiece of the 20th century, here are some of the greatest piano concertos ever to have been written. Piano ...

Franz Krommer's Clarinet Concerto in E-Flat even predates the famous concertos by Carl Maria von Weber. Charles Neidich is the clarinetist in this amazing early example of clarinet virtuosity. Jiri ...

With Taavi Oramo (also a clarinettist) conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony, Bliss is virtuosic in these two technically demanding but approachable concertos Composed just a few years apart, these ...

No one needs to be told why “The Messiah” or “The Nutcracker” have become Christmas perennials. There are, of course, further Christmas-themed works of glory galore. It’s time we dig out Bach’s joyous ...

Sometimes old recipes, newly tweaked, can yield astonishing results. Consider the concerto: It might be a 400-year-old formula, calling for a soloist to perform with — and often battle against — an ...

The UW Symphony's season finale will feature compositions spanning 900 years. The evening will feature a new work in Christopher Theofanidis' "Rainbow Body," as well as Rodrigo's famous masterpiece, ...

The concerto is always, on some level, a power struggle, which is surely why it has been such a long-running spectator sport. An individual confronts a group. The composer sets up an occasion for ...