It was for Philadelphia's Musical Fund Society's chamber work competition that Szymanowski wrote his String Quartet No. 2 Op. 56 in the autumn of 1927. The Quartet did not win, the two ex aequo ...

The FLUX String Quartet, William & Mary’s Artist-in-Residence for 2010-11, will close out its academic-year concerts by performing Morton Feldman’s six-hour-long test of endurance and style, the ...

2023 was always going to be a landmark year for the esteemed Swiss clarinetist and composer Jürg Frey. His 70th birthday was in May and, to celebrate it, the renowned Huddersfield Contemporary Music ...

Tom Service's quirky take on the world of classical music. Today he explores the most celebrated of chamber ensembles, the string quartet. Show more Why is a chamber ensemble of two violins, viola and ...

Two remarkable concerts took place this weekend at Barrister Winery that are sure to merit mention in any history of musical life in Spokane, and remain vividly alive in the memories of everyone who ...

Saxophonist Ivo Perelman's albums come at us relentlessly. He is prolific. Multiple albums per year is his norm. His approach is, more often than not, sound and fury, signifying... what? It is hard to ...