Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago Sunday. He was, by any measure, a prolific composer. In addition to the five dozen or so string quartets, he wrote hundreds of trios, piano sonatas, oratorios, masses, ...
Premieres Friday, September 18 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/nowhearthis and the PBS Video app When Joseph Haydn visited England, he was so taken ...
There were many lovely moments in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s concert Thursday night. With music director Fabio Luisi ...
Sometimes a composer becomes so well known for a particular genre of music that other pieces go unrecognized. The following are three examples of composers who are famous for one thing but who ...
"Around string players, it's a misty goal, like climbing Mount Everest. Everybody aspires to it." Violinist and violist Anthony Martin is talking about performing all 68 of Joseph Haydn's completed ...
Franz Joseph Haydn was, of course, an erudite, serious-minded 19th-century composer of classical music. But there was a playful side to the austere Austrian’s works that casual listeners might not get ...
When I studied composition with the late Leonard Stein, one of my regular assignments was to compose minuets for string quartet “in the style of Mozart and Haydn.” It was no accident that Stein ...
Leaving your phone on loud during a concert is, of course, a cardinal sin. But this pianist was so upset about his solo being interrupted that he decided to teach the whole audience a lesson. All ...
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