Elgar was a string-player, a violinist of considerable ability – the concerto and the sonata he wrote for the instrument are some of his most characteristic and personal works. Two works for string ...

Jonathan Morton's Scottish Ensemble reveal new spectrums of colour in Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich while sacrificing none of the music’s intensity, says Geoffrey Norris The Scottish Ensemble: ...

Trafalgar Sinfonia under Ivor Setterfield plays Handel's 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba'; Elgar's Serenade for Strings; Purcell's Pavane; Handel's 'Air' from the 'Water Music'; Rutter's Suite for ...

Sarah Devonald for Building a Library surveys recordings of Dvořák's Serenade for Strings in E major. In his early thirties and with a newborn son, Antonín Dvořák was struggling to make ends meet, a ...

Antonin Dvorak helped revive string-orchestra music with a famous serenade in 1875. A few years later, Tchaikovsky followed in his footsteps with his own Serenade for Strings, which we feature, ...

The Suzuki String Serenade is set for Saturday. That’s this Saturday at South Congregational Church in Springfield, with a Twinkle Prelude at 6:15 p.m. and the concert at 6:30. In the Twinkle Prelude, ...

The European Sinfonietta strings, a 13-strong section of the touring orchestra, opened the Philharmonic Society’s season with a cosy though satisfying programme of three popular serenades. Arranged ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A perfect afternoon program of works is to be performed by The West Australian Symphony Orchestra's string section. Directed by Paul ...

The exquisite strings of The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) led by Chief Conductor Sarah-Grace Williams, returns to the intimate environment of Petersham Town Hall for a mouth-watering performance which ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Vox Amoris, a fantasy for violin and strings - commissioned by Barbara Blackman, dedicated to the memory of Dr Louis Green, written by ...