No composer has had as profound and sustained an influence on immediately following generations to the present day as Beethoven. His instrumental music, especially his symphonies, served as ...

A violin made by renowned Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari is headed for auction next month, where it is expected to ...

We’re out of superlatives, just give it a listen. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo This violin concerto has previously been termed ‘un-violinable’ due ...

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A violin made by renowned Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari during his 18th century "Golden Period" is heading for auction next month with an estimate of up to a record $18 million (€17.5m) The New ...

Explore the intriguing musical mystery behind Edward Elgar’s ‘Violin Concerto’ – which to this day has never been wholly solved ….. When the Royal Philharmonic Society commissioned a ...

Piano Concerto in D major. 1785–86 Commission by Count d’Ogny to write ... 1792 Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon, and orchestra in B-flat major. 1794–95 Second stay in London. Six ...

Joachim was a close collaborator of composer Johannes Brahms and “almost certainly” performed on the “Joachim-Ma Stradivarius” at the 1879 premiere of Brahms “Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77”, ...

The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is almost like a personal ... The second movement slips down a semitone into B flat major – another world, pastoral and serene ...

Now twenty-six, he was famous for his technical skill and his amazing memory. Beethoven wrote the violin concerto specially for the event, and quickly, it seems. The composer had spent some of the ...

“I’d never had the chance to play with accordion ... It’s with them that Lewis performs Sibelius’s iconic Violin Concerto in Edinburgh and Glasgow in January. It’s one of the repertoire ...