Composers Archive

Composer Joseph Haydn was an innovator. He created style for chamber music that influenced composers of string quartets for years after Haydn died. Now we have a performance group that brings us illustrations of Haydn’s …

Cecilia Bartoli performs: Date: Tuesday, 29. November 2016, 7:30 PM Venue: Large hall of the Friends of Music, Vienna, Austria Address: 1010, Musikvereinspl. 1, 1010 Wien, Austria Supporting ARTISTS: Les Musiciens du Prince Cecilia Bartoli, …

I am very fond of music for wind instruments. There is some great music composed for the Oboe by many composers such as Mozart. And Albrecht Mayer has been playing principal Oboe for the Berlin …

Bach, J S: French Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV812-817 Performed by Murray Perahia (piano) Murray Perahia has always felt a great affinity with the music of Bach, having played some of his pieces since childhood and …

A few years ago, I attended a concert by the Vienna Philharmonic. This took place at the UC Berkeley Zellerbach auditorium, and the conductor was Semyon Bychkov. He conducted the Mahler symphony #6, and to …