The first few seconds of this exciting new disc tell the listener exactly what's coming, as the opening bars of Schubert's Third Symphony explode in a burst of aggressive, ultra-dry timpani underlying ...

There wasn’t reason to expect much, in the way of context or ambition, from what ultimately turned out to be Gustavo Dudamel’s extraordinary cycle of Schubert symphonies completed over the weekend ...

Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev inspires the SCO in Schubert’s massive work, with grandeur and great washes of feeling This autumn, Maxim Emelyanychev took up his new post as the Scottish Chamber ...

The symphonies Schubert wrote as a teenager took a long time to reach the public. The Third and Fourth weren't heard complete in public concerts until 1881 and 1849, respectively 53 and 21 years after ...

Forty-five years have elapsed since the founding of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in 1978. A far shorter — but equally consequential — number of years have gone by since the hiring of current music ...

This week’s Seattle Symphony program grew from a seed planted by famed Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin. “He wanted to play the ‘Wanderer Fantasy,’ and guest conductor Dennis Russell Davies decided ...

Guest Conductor Dennis Russell Davies continued his mini-tenure with the Seattle Symphony this week with an interesting set of pieces by Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert and both together. We had Liszt for ...

CAMDEN, N.J. (WPVI) -- Symphony in C is presenting work from 'Beethoven & Schubert' for one night only, on February 22 at Gordon Theater. Noam Aviel is the Music Director for Symphony in C and is ...

The most poetic musician who ever lived? It’s hard to disagree with Liszt’s appraisal of Schubert, who, in his short life, used his astonishing gift for melodic and harmonic invention to create many ...

The young Franz Schubert has a friend in Gustavo Dudamel. Last week, the Los Angeles Philharmonic began a cycle of Schubert’s symphonies with the opening concert dedicated to the youths dying in ...