Composers Archive

The Praeludium and Allegro, composed by Fritz Kreisler during his long and prestigious career is considered one of the great standards of violin music. The Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro was one of the many violin …

Date: Dec 2, 2021 Venue: Seattle Benaroya Concert Hall Program: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Performers: Soloist: Hélène Grimaud, Piano Seattle Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Peter Oundjian

As a composer Mendelssohn possessed a perfect technical command of the resources available to him and was always able to write music that is remarkably economical in the way it achieves its effects. The series …

Like virtually all of the works from this most successful of Mozart’s years in Vienna, the Violin Sonata #32 was written for one of his own performances, or more correctly, for a concert given by …

The Symphony No. 1 in D Major by composer Gustav Mahler, was originally known as “Titan”. The work was considered unusually grand and ambitious for the late 1800’s, especially for a composer who was then …