The unique Classical Connections format features musical examples and explanation by DPO Artistic Director and Conductor Neal Gittleman, followed by a performance of the entire composition. Directly ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by We asked Mark Hamill, Condoleezza Rice, Mitsuko Uchida and others to pick the music that moves them. Listen to their choices. In the past, we’ve asked ...

One of my favorite passages in all of Mozart sounds nothing like him. In the opening bars of his String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, quiet notes from the violins and violas ooze over the halting pulse ...

Most extraordinary of all musical geniuses was Austria’s Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Starting his career as a four-fold infant prodigy (harpsichordist, violinist, organist, composer), he wrote, during ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Robert Levin has long argued that Mozart would have made up new material while performing, and he follows the master in a series of ...

Around here we’ve given more attention to Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but more generally speaking, the 18th century composer’s work is among the most thoroughly examined in ...

A previously unknown piece of music by one of the world's most celebrated composers has been uncovered. The 12-minute piece by Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is called "Ganz kleine ...