Fritz Kreisler

Anyone who believes a chamber orchestra can render only a lightweight reading of such a full-bodied work as Brahms’ violin concerto should have heard violinist Gil Shaham have a go at it with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on Wednesday evening at the...

For almost three hours, members of the Armenian community sat transfixed as they heard two of their countrymen, violinist Khachik Babayan and pianist Serouj Kradjian, perform a rich and colorful execution of classical compositions Sunday evening at the...

This post has been corrected. See note at bottom for details. The Library of Congress is flipping a switch Tuesday that will open a large chunk of the national archive of more than 3 million music and spoken-word recordings for......

TO BOMB OR NOT TO BOMB.....that is the question for Israel in re: Iran's nuclear installations. The related question is whether the U.S. (thru its gaffe-prone vice president) has given its tacit "permission." Arnaud de Borchgrave illumines the matter with...

Mystery of Missiles One of the problems of those who guide our missile program is making it understandable to earth-bounders. In other words, translating complex scientific data into ordinary terms. Toward this end former newspaperman Chris Clausen, now...

An all-Brahms concert may sound like an awfully rich meal, even during the holiday season. It wouldn't be surprising if, afterward, concert-goers felt overstuffed. Yet the near-capacity audience cheered like it still had room for more, testimony to the...

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine-star attraction on this balmy night in Santa Fe--is stranded. She yearns to get up from the back-yard lawn chair where her husband has deposited her and stroll to a pool that's shimmering green-blue in the desert twilight....

The following is a list of classical music performances: Bach Festival Society of Winter Park The festival will be from Feb. 18 to March 5 in the Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College campus, Winter Park, featuring the Bach Festival Choir and...