Are “symphonies” just containers into which composers pour their orchestral inspirations? Thursday evening's Cleveland ...

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Franz Joseph Haydn never gets the attention he deserves. His friend Mozart and his student Beethoven tend to soak up most of the spotlight, but neither of those guys is called the “father” of anything ...

We think these are the greatest symphonies of all time – the biggest, most emotional, most impressive and plain-old flabbergasting works ever written. Nothing beats the sound of an orchestra ...

The symphonic form has been the calling card of orchestras since the 18th century — a longform piece of music that champions grand scale and big ideas. They can be thrilling. They can be intimate. The ...

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), the “composer of the fin de siècle,” believed that “a symphony must be like a world that encompasses everything.” This conviction seems to have resonated: next year will be ...

Marketing managers for major orchestras had always assumed that convincing people to give the symphony a try was the key to gaining subscribers. “Get people through the doors!” was their mantra, ...

Mahler's song "Ging heut' morgens" later appeared as a purely instrumental theme in his Symphony No. 1 (Thomas Hampson, baritone). Gustav Mahler died 97 years ago today — May 18, 1911. Today, he's ...