Postponing Accent with the SSO
I’m very sad to announce that we need to postpone our March 21st concert with Accent. Over the last few days, I have been working very closely with orchestras across…
Mozart’s Symphony No. 29
Accustomed as we are to the central importance attached to the later Symphonies of Mozart and Haydn, their earlier works often seem to be uncomfortably light in weight for two…
Beethoven’s Septet
Although it provided an early boost to his popularity at a time he most needed it, Beethoven grew to resent the success that his Septet generated following its public premiere…
Beethoven’s Serenade
We tend to think of Beethoven as a very serious, determined, God-like figure: Johann Anton Stieler’s famous portrait of the composer furiously at work on the Missa solemnis; grey mane…
Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony
Even by nineteenth-century standards, the historic concert on December 22, 1808, was something of an endurance test. That night, Beethoven conducted the premieres of both his Fifth and Pastoral symphonies,…
Rebecca Dale
Saturday, March 7th will feature a North American premiere of Rebecca Dale’s reflective Materna Requiem. If you’re thinking that you don’t know the music of Rebecca Dale, we’re telling you this is…
Materna Requiem – Subscriber Perks
We’ve got some great perks for our Subscribers! We are so excited about our concert on March 7th, Materna Requiem. This will be a North American premiere of Rebecca Dale‘s…
What does “In Concert Live to Film” mean anyways?
As we get closer to our performance of Disney’s The Little Mermaid In Concert Live to Film we are getting a lot of questions about what that actually means. While…