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Within classical music there are many small ensemble configurations that have, when it comes to published music to select from, an embarrassment of riches. The string quartet literature, for example,

ITHACA — The Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Youth Orchestra will present its opening concert of the 2023-24 season at 4 p.m. Jan. 13 in Ford Hall on the campus of Ithaca

The Manila Symphony Orchestra proves that orchestral music is alive with a sold-out show in Tokyo, Japan.

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| 01/31/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "Neeme Jarvi and the Scottish National Orchestra deliver a vital account of one of Shostakovichs most stimulating and complex works. In the opening movement, though a cloud of austerity generally maintains an enveloping presence, there are moments when Jarvi, through Shostakovich, seems to convey a sense of pain so acute that it threatens to push the musical envelope toward expressions of dread and helplessness. The second movement, intensely biting and demonic,...

8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Jonathan Plowright. The British pianist opens this concert with Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s D minor Chaconne which was performed by Busoni himself at the opening of the Hall almost 120 years ago. This is followed by the six pieces that make up Liszt’s Consolations S172. The concert closes with Grieg’s Holberg Suite Op. 40, originally written for piano before Grieg adapted it for string orchestra. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE 1...

Elegy: Snow in June. View here. Friday, April 30 12 pm ET: Princeton Symphony presents Buskaid: Curious Creatures & a Heavenly Harp. Rosemary Nalden, Music conducts the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble with Jude Harpstar, guest harpist and Mzwandile Twala, violin in Carlo Farina’s Capriccio Stravagante, Debussy’s Reverie, and Kreisler’s 1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Conductor: Adam Fischer, directors: Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier. With Jörg Schneide...

We are throwing it back this week with classic movies from the 60s. Were mostly showcasing musical films this evening with movies like West Side Story, Funny Girl and The