Igor Stravinsky, symphonist. Not exactly the first thing that comes to mind, and yet Stravinsky wrote five pieces that include "symphony" or "symphonies" in the title. Four are masterpieces ...

In 2000, Time magazine published an extensive list of the greatest accomplishments of the 20th century. In selecting the Best Classical Composition of the 20th century, Time choose Igor Stravinsky's ...

The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) is generally regarded as one of the most original and versatile artists in the history of Western music. His output includes practically all the ...

The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) presents the second concert of its 62nd season, Dec. 3-4, showcasing two very different approaches to the symphony. Music Director Steven Schick conducts the ...

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (Sony Classical). Stravinsky: Symphony in Three ...

A dazzling double bill of Stravinsky masterworks opens the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival. One of the world’s outstanding young conductors, Joana Carneiro, joins the New Zealand Symphony ...

The three very different works that Stravinsky called "symphony", and which were composed at the height of his neoclassical phase in the 1930s and 40s, conveniently take up a single CD. Simon Rattle's ...

Carnegie Hall will get some of the best that the San Francisco Symphony has to offer when the orchestra tours to New York two weeks hence. Manhattan will also get most of the best. For the first time, ...

The vibrant Russian colouring of The Firebird and the austerity of the Symphony of Psalms make for an uncommon coupling, but Nelsons and his Birmingham forces are wise to the marked differences of ...