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Handel’s “Berenice” Overture: “Happy and Pleasing to an Uncommon Degree” October 27, 2025

Set in Egypt around 80 BC, Handel’s Berenice tells the story of the Egyptian Queen’s involvement in a convoluted romantic web which is happily resolved in the end. The three-act opera premiered at London’s Covent Garden Theater on May 18, 1737, but proved to be unsuccessful, and closed after only four performances. In the Baroque period, th […]

Michael Torke’s “Last Month”: New Music for Solo Violin and String Orchestra October 24, 2025

Last Month, the newest installment of American composer Michael Torke’s Last was released earlier this week. Scored for solo violin and string orchestra, the collection of twelve meditative pieces can be performed separately, or as a whole. The titles evoke memories and the passage of time. (Last Fall, Last Year, Last Month, Last Sunday, et […]

Prokofiev’s “The Love for Three Oranges” Suite: Music from a Surrealist Opera October 22, 2025

Sergei Prokofiev’s satirical 1921 opera tells the fairytale story of a young prince who is cursed by a witch to fall in love with three oranges. The prince travels to far off lands in search of the citrus fruits, each of which, when peeled, contains a princess. The first two princesses die instantly when exposed to the elements. The third s […]

Beethoven’s Violin Concerto: Hilary Hahn, Alain Altinoglu, and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony October 20, 2025

In 1995, the 15-year-old Hilary Hahn performed Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Lorin Maazel and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. The youthful vigor of that exhilarating early performance has given way to depth and maturity, as exhibited in Hahn’s recent performance with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and conductor Alain Altinoglu, reco […]

Hindemith’s Harp Sonata: Songs and Images October 17, 2025

German composer Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) had a deep fascination for the colors and technical capabilities of musical instruments. Principally a violinist and violist, Hindemith was proficient on numerous other instruments, including the piano, bassoon, clarinet, and cello. He composed more than forty sonatas which encompassed nearly every […]

Hindemith’s Six Chansons: An Ode to Nature, Harmony, and Community October 15, 2025

Composed in 1939, Paul Hindemith’s Six Chansons for a cappella choir are an ode to nature, harmony, and community. Set to French-language poems by the Austrian writer, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), they offer a dreamy remembrance of the music of the Renaissance and the French chanson. Brief, simple, and serene, this is music of escape. Ha […]

Haydn’s Symphony No. 87 in A Major: Festive Music for Paris October 13, 2025

For nearly 30 years, beginning in 1761, Franz Joseph Haydn was employed as kapellmeister at the Esterházy court. Now dubbed the “father of the symphony” as well as the string quartet, the innovative Haydn worked in the splendid isolation of the Austrian aristocratic palace. In 1779, he renegotiated his contract to allow for the sale of his […]