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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner (Chandos)

The annual celebration of the life and music of Worcestershire’s most famous composer has announced a series of inaugural events.

Johannes Brahm’s masterpiece First Symphony is performed by the Flanders Symphony Orchestra (FSO) in its concert tour of Belgium from 8 to 17 June.

The self-explanatory title of the Santa Barbara Symphony’s May concerts is Platinum Sounds: The Santa Barbara Symphony Turns 70. Nir Kabaretti In the 40

From Portuguese Fado to the Rite of Spring played from memory, a Horrible Histories opera and a tribute to a Bollywood legend, there’s something for everyone

Johannes Brahms, (born May 7, 1833, Hamburg [Germany]—died April 3, 1897, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now in Austria]), German composer and pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote symphonies, concerti, chamber music, piano works, choral compositions, and more than 200 songs. Brahms was the great master of symphonic and sonata style in the second half of the 19th century. He can be viewed as the protagonist of the Classical tradition of Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beet...

Given the turmoil he has endured over the past 15 months, it seemed inevitable that Ed Sheeran would respond by writing songs about his anguish.

Erik Levi traces the history of composers commissioned for British coronations, from George II to the present

AFTER appearances in the same venue conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, this was the Scottish Chamber Orchestra debut of French…

One of the county’s most successful festivals has put together a one off, all star group to perform at the event.