Conducted by Hiroya Miura, the Bates College Orchestra performs Beethoven’s landmark Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) and Richard Strauss’ Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, in ...

On this week’s installment of Music in the Making, we’re exploring the genre of the classical serenade, with works by Mozart and Beethoven. The word “serenade” comes from the Italian word sereno, ...

The Serenade is another happy piece, but surprisingly neglected. It’s one of Beethoven’s lightest chamber works, lacking any movement in sonata form, yet masterful in its resourceful instrumental ...

The names on the marquee (had there been one) were enough to attract a large crowd to Segerstrom Concert Hall on Wednesday night. Each a star of classical musicdom in their own right, Anne-Sophie ...

David Daniels, countertenor, Martin Katz, piano (Virgin Classics). American countertenor David Daniels continues to delight and surprise audiences by expanding both his recorded repertory and ...

Small gestures can make a big difference when playing chamber music. Watch famed flutist James Galway teach young musicians the European style in... I've had the privilege of knowing the great Sir ...

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Don’t be fooled by the opus number. Beethoven’s Octet for pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns is one of his earliest works, dating from 1792 93, barely a decade after Mozart’s magnificent C ...