Allusive titles such as Evening (Schumann), The Lark's Song (Tchaikovsky) became common, or more ambitiously a musical work could be linked to a literary work, such as Petrarch's Sonnet No.

Tchaikovsky was open about what he sought to achieve in his music, and that, above all, was beauty, whether in his melodies, his orchestration, or his formal architecture. The ideal he had chosen ...

Music conservatories opened in St Petersburg and Moscow, to the immense benefit of Tchaikovsky who studied ... prescriptive limitations of academicism (classical subjects), preferring to paint ...

Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Tchaikovsky was open about what he sought to achieve in his music, and that, above all, was beauty, whether in his melodies, his orchestration ...

The first might be the most famous tune ever written. Everyone knows this one as “Pomp and Circumstance.” However, it is only the first of six pomp and circumstance marches written by Edward Elgar.

Young Russian piano sensation Alexander Malofeev is next in Arts & Lectures’ “Hear & Now” series in Santa Barbara.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the first Russian composer whose work would make a lasting impression internationally, with Swan ...

Alexander Malofeev and Alexandre Kantorow, both winners of the Tchaikovsky competition, forge two very different paths as a ...

The Nutcracker is responsible for so many famous pieces of classical music played in popular culture that many people will recognise them ...

Feb. 16 concert will feature a collection of works from Mozart and Tchaikovsky paired with sweet and savoury finger food ...

A last minute substitution does nothing to dampen the success of the world famous orchestra in Nottingham ...