Mozart wrote three of his finest piano concertos, nos 23, 24 and 25, in a single year. Beauty, passion and grace combine as the piano engages in an intimate dialogue with the orchestra. Watching a ...
Pianist Orion Weiss, one of two E. Lee Ronnel Artists of Distinction on the orchestra’s 2025-26 calendar, solos in the Piano ...
To get an idea of Brent Edstrom’s style, go to <strong>brentedstrom.com to see a video clip from his first concerto performed with Orchestra Seattle following its ...
From principal oboist Mary Lynch’s reedy mastery to the politely timed coughing of its die-hard patrons (a mini-explosion between movements), the Seattle Symphony holds an eternal soft spot in my ...
As an occasional pianist, a much-loved entertainment is a trip to the concert hall in Dublin to hear a top performer in action with an orchestra. Recently in Earlsfort Terrace, Finghin Collins, ...
When he was a child, music critic Tom Manoff heard the music of Edvard Grieg, particularly his piano concerto in A-minor. This piece of music is known as a workhorse. In pop music, it would be ...
There is this idea that creativity comes from limitation. Constraint was a tenet of the minimalists. Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a story in six words and produced, famously, “For sale: ...
Mozart: Piano Concertos in C Major K 503 & D Minor K 466, Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestra Mozart, cond Claudio Abbado, DG 479 1033, £14.99 Back in the Sixties, the first recording that Claudio ...
The Russian composer' Piano Concerto No 2, which is the haunting theme to Brief Encounter, has been voted the nation's favourite in the annual poll undertaken by the radio station, Classic FM. It has ...