but equally it can be deeply spiritual and profoundly moving – extraordinary from a composer who once claimed that music is "essentially powerless to express anything at all." Stravinsky’s ...

Stravinsky began to concentrate on using smaller groups of players and developed an interest in the procedures and techniques of classical and baroque composers. This neoclassical phase lasted ...

Donald Macleod explores Igor Stravinsky's life through his symphonies. While he was not thought of as a symphonist, Stravinsky composed what are regarded as five unique musical jewels ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule In the earlier part of the 20th century the USA saw the emergence of a ...

There was a precedent for last week’s unusual concert: at Stravinsky’s own re quest, three pianist-composers had played the work at its premiere in Paris in 1923.* Last week’s performance ...

“I am becoming,” said 77-year-old Igor Stravinsky, “not less but more of a serial composer.” The reference was to his latest work, a twelve-minute exercise in what the most famed living ...

Albany Symphony unveiled its 2025-2026 season featuring teenaged prodigies, major works by Stravinsky and Holst, commissions ...

The early evolution of Stravinsky from fledgling to Firebird feels like the most natural thing in the world as one listens to this, the first in a three-volume series from Vladimir Jurowski and the ...

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Schola Cantorum, soloists, the composer conducting. Columbia ML 5383. Krenek's pathos in instantly communicative, the pain is very near the surface. Threni seems more ...

On Saturday afternoon, the 21st Century Consort filled the Ring Auditorium for a twofold celebration inspired by a curious ...

Many musicians have lived here — including Mahler, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky, pretty successful composers in their own rights. There have also been opera stars, including Chaliapin ...