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The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil), led by Music Director Jaap van Zweden and Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman, recently concluded its successful tours in the Greater Bay Area. Learn more about the past shows here!

John Adams writes on Jeremy Eichler’s book “Time’s Echo,” which examines the varying ways that Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Benjamin Britten addressed the Second World War in their music.

The ailing conductor was to have led the Staatskapelle Berlin in Brahms’s symphonies at Carnegie Hall. Yannick Nézet-Séguin jumped in.

★★★☆☆It was perhaps unkind of the Chineke! Orchestra to follow its premiere of Joan Armatrading’s First Symphony with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth, a work in which cracking good tunes are woven together with

The official site of Nonesuch Records

The latest concert by the Axe Vale Orchestra took place at Seaton Gateway on the afternoon of Sunday 22nd October. 

Vermont Philharmonic The Vermont Philharmonic and Chorus, conducted by Lisa Jablow, will perform Handel’s “Messiah” (Christmas portion and more) at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1 at Bethany Church in Montpelier,

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads the San Francisco Symphony in concerts featuring cuatro player Jorge Glem on November 24–26.

This week has more opportunities for folks to enjoy great games and partake in food fundraisers. Plus, get a cultural fill with book sales, art exhibits and concerts.

These are upcoming events in O’Fallon, Shiloh and surrounding Illinois cities.