During the calm evening before an apocalyptic London storm, trumpet virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger delighted the Barbican ...

Inevitably there were misses as well as hits, but thirty years on, there’s no doubt that the theatre scene is considerably richer and more sophisticated for this intense period of reinvention. One of ...

With its huge orchestral complement, eight vocal soloists, and massed choral forces spilling over the stage, Mahler’s mighty Eighth Symphony is trotted out only when a grand statement must be made.

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony's live recording cycle of the Mahler symphonies continues this week with the biggest installment of all -- the mammoth Third Symphony, into which ...

The D-FW classical music scene really thins out in summer months, but one of the enduring attractions is the Mimir Chamber Music Festival in Fort Worth. Three finalists in Dallas Chamber Symphony's ...

When the musical wattage is high, Pierre Boulez and his mighty orchestral and choral forces blaze brightly in this recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 8. The opening hymn, "Veni, creator spiritus," ...

I had said these articles would be a deep dive into an upcoming piece on the San Diego classical music calendar. On second thought these are more of a medium dive. A deep dive would include technical ...

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus. On Sept. 12, 1910, Gustav Mahler introduced Symphony No. 8 -- a massive, hulking work featuring an enormous double chorus and the ...