Strauss took a number of swings at creating the music to match the majesty of the mountains, and finally got what he wished ...

It’s with them that Lewis performs Sibelius’s iconic Violin Concerto in Edinburgh and Glasgow in January. It’s one of the repertoire’s most powerful and most passionately adored violin ...

It’s the climax of a programme also featuring the song of fire and ice that is Sibelius’s captivating Violin Concerto. The concert opens with the charming and typically French Little Suite by ...

Now twenty-six, he was famous for his technical skill and his amazing memory. Beethoven wrote the violin concerto specially for the event, and quickly, it seems. The composer had spent some of the ...