Violinist Gregory Walker didn’t know his famous composer father was writing a piece of music just for him until after it was finished. “Dad’s not really a collaborative temperament,” said Walker, ...

You may be surprised by the recessed, almost faint profile of the solo violin at the start of Isabelle Faust’s new recording of Mendelssohn’s E minor Violin Concerto. That balance and her unusually ...

Classical music meets Halloween and the paranormal Thursday night when the National Symphony Orchestra plays the Schumann Violin Concerto, a work buried for nearly a century and recovered — or so the ...

Walton composed his Violin Concerto in 1938 and 1939. Considering the agonisingly slow pace at which he habitually worked, it is perhaps an exaggeration to say that he was at the height of his ...

Theodore Wiprud's Violin Concerto No. 2: On The Brink & Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra performs Violin Concerto No. 2: On The Brink by Theodore Wiprud, two ...

An exploration of personal and professional impact of the concerto written in 1844. With violinist Daniel Hope. From 2010. Show more Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.

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 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. – The Shreveport Symphony Orchestra (SSO) continues its 2025–26 season with Brahms’ Violin Concerto, ...