Simon Rattle's farewell concert with the London Symphony Orchestra was, of course, Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the farewell of all farewells. But on a happier note, Rattle led a performance of Benjamin ...

Violinist Isabelle Faust, violist Boris Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov honour Britten’s exuberant works with vigour and determination Isabelle Faust takes a rewarding dive into the violin music ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the time of his death Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto was a relative rarity, whether in concerts or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Perfection is an over-rated virtue in classical music. It means no risks were taken, no passions revealed. All you can do is ...

Written as a requiem to the fallen in the Spanish Civil War, Britten’s Violin Concerto captures his despair of the conflict and the rising spectre of the Second World War. The work, which contains ...

It was just eight years ago that Britten's Violin Concerto entered the San Francisco Symphony's repertoire, and only an optimist could have hoped to hear this beautiful and dramatically charged work ...

Robert Beaser, “The Seven Deadly Sins,” “Chorale Variations” and Piano Concerto. Performed by the American Composers Orchestra, conductor Dennis Russell Davies, baritone Jan Opalach (in “Seven Deadly ...