classical music
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In a Symphonic Play by Didi Balle, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will examine the dark history behind Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5. - Washington Performing Arts presented Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig at the Kennedy Center with conductor Riccardo Chailly, violinist Nikolaj Znaider.
- "Convergence Maximus," a program put together by Concert Artists of Baltimore and Baltimore Rock Opera Society, will fuse classical and rock genres.
- Works by Beethoven and Brahms surround Shostakovich's cheeky Piano Concerto No. 1 in Baltimore Symphony program featuring pianist Conrad Tao, conductor Hannu Lintu.
- Baltimore classical music lovers could find rewards last weekend at performances presented by Pro Musica Rara, Baltimore Choral Arts Society and Shriver Hall Concert Series.
- A packed weekend in the Baltimore area included effective presentations by the Baltimore Symphony, Concert Artists of Baltimore and Candlelight Concert Society.
- Several of the city's major classical organizations are offering Free Fall Baltimore events.
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- Betty G. Bertaux, a composer and music educator who founded the Children's Chorus of Maryland, died Oct. 10 at her Naples, Fla., home of pancreatic cancer. She was 75.
- Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove and violinist Joshua Coyne appear together in a free program on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m., at Howard Community College's Monteabaro Hall.
- The Columbia Orchestra gets its 37th season off to an ambitious start with major works by two 19th-century German composers on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m., at the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake.
- Chamber music needs the right-sized chamber, which often proves to be a church. For the Sundays at Three series, that sacred space is Christ Episcopal Church in Columbia. That's where the Mendelssohn Piano Trio will perform on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 3 p.m.
- Hajime Teri Murai leads the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in a fiery account of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony on a program with Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring Marianna Prjevalskaya.
- Marin Alsop leads the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in a highly charged account of Rachmaninoff's First Symphony on a program that includes works by Korngold and Higdon.
- The 99th season of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra features Pinchas Zukerman in Beethoven's Violin Concerto on a program with Mahler's Fourth Symphony.
- A strained muscle has caused violinist Hilary Hahn to bow out of Baltimore Symphony season-opener. Pinchas Zukerman to step in.
- One of the main events in the national anthem bicentennial, the Star-Spangled Spectacular, broadcast on PBS, featured Baltimore Symphony Kenny Rogers, Smokey Robinson and more.
- "Great Performances," the PBS showcase of American performing arts, came to town for the "Star-Spangled Spectacular" concert at Pier Six Saturday night and showed how to make great, live television.
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- The Columbia Orchestra's upcoming 37th season promises to bring a range of classical music to the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake.
- Classical artists moved by 'Rite of Spring,' Beethoven's Fifth (no, really)
- Lots of focus has been on the future of classical music, but its past may be in greater danger of fading away.
- Brilliant American conductor Lorin Maazel dies at the age of 84 in Virginia, where the Castleton Festival he co-founded with his wife on their estate, is in its sixth season.
- Songwriter to perform his hits and some of his piano concerto
- Patricia Wright, a retired college librarian and music aficionado, died of a pulmonary embolism Friday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Towson resident was 79.
- Released by Urlicht AudioVisual, eight-set set gathers commercially released 78s of Gustav Mahler's music recorded between 1903 and 1940.
- Peabody faculty member Michael Hersch calls his new work, 'On the Threshold of Winter, his 'most personal'; premiere will be Brooklyn Academy of Music.
- Angelo Gatto to conduct final concert Saturday
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