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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The Albany Symphony’s upcoming “Rachmaninoff Third” is set to feature a commissioned work by young Spanish-American composer Carlos Bandera, one of the most technically challenging piano concertos ever composed, and Respighi’s Trittico Botticelliano. The performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 13 at Universal Preservation Hall, and live streamed in real-time from the Saratoga Springs venue. A pre-concert talk is scheduled for 7 p.m. followed by a post-concert question and answer session with the artists for season subscribers....

BBC News By Mark Savage image captionFlorence Price's music has been brought to wider audiences in recent years A forgotten work by the pioneering composer Florence Price has been rediscovered and performed for the first time in nearly 80 years. Price made history in 1933 when she became the first African-American woman to have a symphony performed by a major US orchestra, in Chicago. But her work faded into obscurity after her death in 1953. Much of it was thought to be lost, until a cache of music was found in her former summer house in Chicago in 2009. Musicologist Samantha Ege has spent t...

| 08/04/2003 (3 out of 5 stars) "The Symphonies of Brahms in particular regularly keep me alert to the possibilities of new and rewarding adventures in discovery and enjoyment. When it comes to sets of these works, it is difficult, of course, to find a conductor who hits a home run by emphatically touching all four bases (symphonies). A number of factors might be responsible for one's falling short. Sometimes, it's the lack of fantasy, inspiration, loving care, revealing colors and nuances or just that "special" feel. In other instances excesses may contribute to nonfulfillment. For example,...

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra LIVE returns with six concerts Updated / Thursday, 11 Mar 2021 01:05 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Jaime Martín opens the new season Following an acclaimed series of online performances, The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra returns on Friday 12 March with Chief Conductor Jaime Martín conducting the first of six concerts taking place weekly as part of RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra LIVE. Presented by Paul Herriott, all concerts will be live-streamed from the National Concert Hall via RTÉ Culture and broadcast live on RTÉ lyric fm. ...

Berlin Philharmonic/Harding/Nelsons/ Dudamel/Nézet-Séguin/Petrenko/Rattle/ Haitink/Abbado (Berliner Philharmoniker, 10 CDs & 4 Blu-ray Discs, or download) This mammoth undertaking, of all of Mahler’s symphonies with different conductors over the last decade, brings variable musical results The Berlin Philharmonic with conductor Sir Simon Rattle perform without an audience at the Berlin Philharmonie, March, 2020. Photograph: Stephan Rabold/AP The Berlin Philharmonic with conductor Sir Simon Rattle perform without an audience at the Berlin Philharmonie, March, 2020. Photograph: Ste...