It begins with one of the most famous flute lines in history… and played deftly by the Principle flute of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Samuel Coles. [Music sample of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun] ...

Claude Debussy’s singular visit to Spain lasted only an hour or two, long enough to attend a bullfight. Even so, his contemporary Manuel de Falla declared Debussy’s Iberia to be more genuine than ...

Debussy's piano works! In this episode, Windsync bassoonist, Tracy Jacobson, takes Dacia on her journey to continue musical education as a professional musician. She steps outside of her comfort zone ...

The Orchestral Now begins its winter season in New York City with a return to Peter Norton Symphony Space in a free concert led by resident conductor Zachary Schwartzman. The program features upcoming ...

Claude Debussy broke away from the heavy drama of Romanticism to create music that shimmered with color, atmosphere, and suggestion. Drawing inspiration from Impressionist painters, he used ...

Arvo Pärt is a contemporary composer with a very old school sound, gorgeously rendered here by the Chamber Choir Voces Musicales from his native Estonia. In 1968, Pärt surprised his colleagues by ...

Yet another orchestra own-label release, though Louis Langrée’s Cincinnati Symphony don’t yet have the international profile of Tilson Thomas’s band. That’s our loss: the playing here is outstanding, ...

This 1996 Glyndebourne staging of Handel’s dramatic oratorio Theodora was a huge success – mostly due to Peter Sellars’ imaginative production as well as its musical values. Any doubts about the ...

The Italian director Romeo Castellucci, known for his avant-garde theater productions, will take on Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande” in his La Scala debut. By A.J. Goldmann In two programs with the ...

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