The Oslo Philharmonic maintains a relationship with many of its former chiefs, none more venerable than Herbert Blomstedt, in post between 1962 and 1968. Vasily Petrenko’s tenure expired in 2020 but ...
Stephen Johnson examines Prokofiev's Seventh Symphony. It was written at a difficult time in Prokofiev's life. At the Congress of Soviet Composers in 1948, Prokofiev, along with other composers, was ...
The classical music scene is heating up this week and here’s a list of events you should find interesting. – Keyboard performances rule the calendar, with Robert Myers playing Trinity Lutheran’s von ...
LAST week, following a superficial Prokofiev Symphony No 5 release from Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra, I pointed out that there is a load of new Prokofiev recordings out, including some ...
Symphony No. 5 Sergey Prokofiev, Composer Conservatoire Concert Society Orchestra Jean Martinon, Conductor Symphony No. 7 Conservatoire Concert Society Orchestra Jean Martinon, Conductor Sergey ...
Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 4 began as music for his ballet The Prodigal Son. He reworked that story's tension and ...