Mozart’s Symphony No. 36, known as the “Linz,” was tossed off in four days in 1783 when the 27-year-old composer arrived in the Austrian city and needed a new piece for his host, Count Thun-Hohenstein ...

After a trip to Salzburg to introduce his newlywed wife to his father (which did NOT go well), Mozart returned to Vienna and along the way made a stopover in Linz, Austria, where he wrote a new ...

Composer, Peter Schickele has a sense of humor as well as serious compositional chops. His music will be featured on this week's Symphony @7 as tribute to his 80th birthday. Mozart's Symphony No. 36 ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Guest conductor Günther Herbig will lead the ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado – Carlos Elias wants to dispel a common misconception. “If you didn’t grow up with classical music, you might think, ‘Oh no, I’m not going to like it,'” said Elias, the ...

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This weekend, violinist Leonidas Kavakos returns to the Houston to perform with and conduct the Houston Symphony. First, he takes the lead with the Violin Concerto in A minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, ...