Composers Archive

Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. He died 35 years later. How can one celebrate the magic of Mozart? After all, he created astounding works for string quartet, as well as symphonies, concertos, operas, …

Yesterday I had the opportunity to listen to the Double Concerto for violin and Cello by Johannes Brahms. Love this music, amd part of the reason is that ot brings back my membership in a …

This collection of all of Mozart’s violin concerti are performed in excellent style, sparkle, and humor. All of them were composed before the age of 19! Mozart was not even 15 years old when he began …

It was in 2006, and I had made one of my good decisions: I travelled from San Framcisco to New York for the purpose of attending the three concerts at Carnegie Hall by violinist Anne …

Igor Stravinsky composed his Chant Funebre in 1908 as a memorial marking the death of Stravinsky’s teacher, Rimsky-Korsakov, and it was performed the following January. After that, the music was thought lost until it was discovered …