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The doubters after the premiere conceded that it might easily become a landmark in the history of choral music, and so it has. Where Tippett has the enslaved and the oppressed stealing away to Jesus, ...

When the star singer Asmik Grigorian dropped out of the orchestra’s performance at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Fifth and his “Leonore” Overture No. 3 subbed in. By Corinna da Fonseca ...

Many of the challenges Beethoven sets for us violinists in these works are expressive, rather than technical. If I had to identify the single most important thing for a violinist to keep in mind while ...

I would prefer the integration of Spanish music into “regular” concerts. I remember a recital by de Larrocha in which she began with a Beethoven sonata, then went to Granados ... Cho used no sheet ...

One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was attacked by jaundice, his limbs and ...