The Philadelphia Orchestra will return to Sarasota for a concert presented by the Sarasota Concert Association under the ...

The Cleveland Orchestra’s winter and spring schedule spans centuries of music and has something for everyone. Our friends at ...

Johannes Brahms is not known for his sense of humour, but his Second Symphony is downright funny. Its lilting themes and exuberant turns have given it a reputation as a "pastoral" symphony (the kind ...

It might have taken Brahms quite some time to write a symphony but once he had premiered No.1 in 1876, there really was no stopping him. By 1884, he was penning this, his final one – and given that it ...

Brahms expended some 20 years of blood, sweat and tears before he finally put the finishing touches on his very first symphony. His friend Robert Schumann played a big role in what took so long.

As you listen to this richly Romantic symphony, you get a real sense that Brahms had very much hit his stride as a composer. It had taken until he was well into his forties before he felt able to ...

Two new faces and some remarkable music: The Seattle Symphony offered inspiring performances in the first of two concerts led by conductor David Zinman. It seems odd to consider Zinman (who turns 80 ...

For a glimpse of classical music’s future in Seattle, head down to Benaroya Hall this weekend to experience Thomas Dausgaard in action. The Danish conductor is back in town leading the Seattle ...

The character of the Fourth Symphony has been described as autumnal. Even if it weren't the last of Brahms' symphonies, the description would fit, for surely none of the others presents the same ...

BOSTON - The music or the musicians? What makes a great classical music concert? You need to have captivating music for a memorable concert. But you also need musicians performing at their peak for a ...