Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago Sunday. He was, by any measure, a prolific composer. In addition to the five dozen or so string quartets, he wrote hundreds of trios, piano sonatas, oratorios, masses, ...

ALEXANDER REINAGLE: Allegro con brio from Philadelphia Sonata No. 1 MOZART: Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major, K. 285 Subscriptions and single tickets may be purchased through the Handel and Haydn Box ...

The American Classical Orchestra has unveiled its 41st season in 2025-26, with performances spanning four orchestral concerts led by Founder and Artistic Director Thomas Crawford at Alice Tully Hall, ...

Haydn's keyboard music needs this sort of persuasive advocacy. Four sonatas and a set of variations is a lot to pack in to a single disc, but the composer’s inability to waffle on is his greatest ...

The easiest way for amateur music lovers to get to know orchestral pieces used to be through piano transcriptions and chamber arrangements. Liszt’s versions of Beethoven symphonies are the genre’s ...

Amazon mp3: NA | Amazon CD: $15 | ArkivMusic: $17 | Qobuz download: £11.5 - 15.5 (Hi-Res) | iTunes mp3: $12 The idea of combining the music of Joseph Haydn with that of György Ligeti is an inspired ...

You know the trend toward symphony orchestras marketing their own musical products has reached its apogee when the venerable Vienna Philharmonic starts doing it. This three-CD set includes seven Haydn ...

A small step in the evolution of the trumpet. “Ear Trumpet 1”. Photo by Eknath Gomphotherium, used with permission. We’re back with a new episode! Whooo! How did the trumpet morph from a simple horn ...

Is the Bay Area really the center of classical music disruption, the region’s favorite term? Last week offered some reasons to think so. There was the news that the San Francisco Symphony had made Esa ...

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concertmaster David Coucheron performed Mozart’s “Turkish” violin concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony Saturday at Bass Hall. ( Lawrence E. Jenkins - Special Contributor ) ...