Violinist Isabelle Faust, violist Boris Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov honour Britten’s exuberant works with vigour and determination Isabelle Faust takes a rewarding dive into the violin music ...

Simon Rattle's farewell concert with the London Symphony Orchestra was, of course, Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the farewell of all farewells. But on a happier note, Rattle led a performance of Benjamin ...

The top billing went to Strauss’ epic “Also Sprach Zarathustra.” The scene-stealer at Seattle Symphony Orchestra on Saturday night, however, was the young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang and her ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the time of his death Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto was a relative rarity, whether in concerts or ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Marrucino Theatre Orchestra, Chieti Benjamin Britten, Composer Livia Sohn, Violin Luigi Piovano, Conductor Jiyeh Jonathan Berger, Composer Henk Guittart, Conductor ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Baiba Skride, Violin Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Double Concerto for Violin and Viola Baiba Skride, Violin Ivan Vukčević, Viola Vienna ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook In back-to-back programs, the orchestra presented concertos by Beethoven and Benjamin Britten. By Oussama Zahr The violin concertos ...

Jamie MacDougall features a performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto by Nicola Benedetti and the Scottish Chamber ...

Benjamin Britten composed his only violin concerto in 1938-9 during an exile of sorts in North America: he had left England as a pacifist and would return in 1942 as a conscientious objector. It's a ...

Written as a requiem to the fallen in the Spanish Civil War, Britten’s Violin Concerto captures his despair of the conflict and the rising spectre of the Second World War. The work, which contains ...