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Riccardo Chailly: 'It's a long way from the First to the Ninth'

4778 days ago
Guardian MusicOnly the brave or foolhardy would dare to reimagine some of the greatest music ever written, so how did Riccardo Chailly convince five composers to do just that?The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra should know all there is to know about Beethoven's nine ... more info

Review: Conductor Giampaolo Bisanti and violinist Ju-Young Baek deliver at Symphony Silicon Valley

4780 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaBisanti led Stravinsky's 'Petrushka' Suite with brio and swagger, and Baek, playing off the conductor's fervent reading of the score, brought an aristocratic coolness to Beethoven's Violin Concert. more info

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra brings Mahler and Beethoven to the Bushnell

4781 days ago
TopixIn a recent New York Times book review , composer John Adams opened with this line describing Gustav Mahler , the Austrian composer and conductor whose mature works include nine symphonies , miscellaneous, programmatic orchestral pieces, and dozens o... more info

Camper Van Beethoven & Cracker -- 2011 Tour Dates

4783 days ago
Brooklyn VeganAlt-rock vets Camper Van Beethoven and frontman David Lowery's other band Cracker are going on tour together in December & January. They'll kick off the tour in their home state of California and make their way over the east... more info

Takács Quartet – review

4784 days ago
Guardian MusicQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonBartók's string quartets have been at the very heart of the Takács Quartet's repertory since the group was founded in Budapest in 1975, and it was a recording of those works that really put their name on the internationa... more info

SCO/Ticciati/Suckling – review

4787 days ago
Guardian MusicCity Halls, GlasgowHebridean psalm singing and chaos theory, Jorge Luis Borges and the harmonic overtone series. Unlikely bedfellows, but Martin Suckling fuses these influences and more into his engrossing, haunting and self-assured storm, rose, tige... more info

Hallé/Elder – review

4789 days ago
Guardian MusicBridgewater Hall, ManchesterThis marked the start of the Hallé's Beethoven cycle, the orchestra's first, surprisingly, for 50 years. It promises to be unusual in several ways. The symphonies are spread out over the entire season, one per concert, ra... more info

Ravel: Complete Music for Violin and Piano; Lekeu: Violin Sonata – review

4790 days ago
Guardian MusicIbragimova/Tiberghien (Hyperion)Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien have become today's partnership of choice for violin and piano repertory. Their reputation is founded on their Beethoven, but they are just as compelling on this disc of music by... more info

Celebrate Beethoven at the Barbican with our exclusive 2 for 1 offer

4790 days ago
Guardian MusicThis season, the Barbican celebrates the genius of Beethoven in the company of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, conducted by Riccardo Chailly. They will perform all of the composer's symphonies between now and 3 November. Extra members can buy 2 ti... more info

War Requiem – review

4792 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonThe London Symphony Orchestra and its chorus are about to visit New York to give three concerts at the Lincoln Centre. Large-scale choral music features prominently, with Colin Davis repeating the performance of Beethoven's Missa Sole... more info

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