Mozart wrote many concertos, Haydn a mere handful. The reasons are fairly obvious - Haydn was not a virtuoso himself, and his secure gig with the Eszterhazy family meant that he didn't have to compete ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Lisa Jacobs, Violin Joseph Haydn, Conductor The String Soloists Concerto for Violin and Strings The String Soloists Joseph Haydn, Conductor Lisa Jacobs, Violin ...

On Feb. 20, the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave one of their odder concerts of the season. Featuring guest conductor Alan T. Gilbert ’89 and solo violinist Isabelle Faust, the BSO performed Joseph ...

On period instruments the wind concertos of the classical era take on a different personality. The plush uniformity of modern instruments is replaced by solo playing of quirky charisma. In Mozart’s ...

The prize-winning cellist joins forces with Camerata Chicago for Haydn's concertos - and a rarity from a Czech composer. Classic FM Drive Featured Album, 16 September 2013. Cellist Wendy Warner shot ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Shai Wosner, Piano Danish National Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Collon, Conductor György Ligeti, Composer Capriccio No. 1 György Ligeti, Composer Shai Wosner, Piano ...

Concertos for what? The Lire Organizzate was a hybrid street instrument popular in the late 1700s that pitched up somewhere between a hurdy gurdy and a chamber organ. The instrument was beloved of ...

An organ concerto is an odd duck. It doesn't fit into a church service, and most 18th-century theaters didn't have organs. But Haydn probably wrote his Organ Concerto in C to honor an old girlfriend ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. After his successes with Haydn’s piano sonatas the ever-inquisitive Jean-Efflam Bavouzet moves on to the three ...

Rising Star horn player Annemarie Federle plays the final movement of Joseph Haydn's heart-racing horn concerto, including a cadenza that shows just why Annemarie was selected to be one of the ...