Family dynasties in classical music include names like Bach and Strauss, but a more modern one has arrived: Kanneh-Mason.No less than seven siblings make up this musical family from England,…
The coda of any Florida Orchestra season is often a stirring affair, an emotional tug-and-pull to celebrate all the classic moments from the past eight months. This was the case…
As a listener, it’s always intriguing to hear a new work, more so when it features an instrument that rarely solos on stage: the trombone.This protracted and noble member of…
When Hamza Able wields the mallets to launch the scherzo from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony this weekend (March 27-29), lots of ears will perk up. That’s because something will be different:…
Demanding. Strenuous. Complex. And ultimately rewarding.This is how musicians describe Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, arguably the most influential orchestral work of the 19th century and a test for performers on any…
Mitchell Kuhn would have made a good auto mechanic – he’s an expert at tuning up. But he chose a different path as a musician, recently landing a new position…
Is there such a thing as a cathedral in music?The Florida Orchestra presents just that with Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, known as the Romantic, in two Hough Family Foundation…
Imagine you’re a classical pianist in demand all over the world. Every time you walk on stage, your job is to reawaken a work of art and make it sound…
For 100 years, music has echoed through the nave of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Clearwater, a historical space of serenity since opening in 1925. Countless groups have…
Two hundred and eighty-four years is plenty of time for something to go out of style or be swept under the rug of history. But don’t tell that to George Frideric Handel,…