Symphony in D Major, Hob. I:101 (“The Clock”) Joseph Haydn (Franz) Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Lower Austria, on
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Received wisdom tells us that the great Hollywood film scores were born in Vienna and brought to California by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Max Steiner. That’s correct but insufficient, as Daniel Boico and the Chautauqua
Jared Jacobsen loves to tell a good story. At 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Amphitheater, Jacobsen, organist and coordinator of
Can music paint a picture? The question, expressed in different ways, concerns the age-old debate over whether music does and
“Trittico botticelliano” Ottorino Respighi Italian composer Ottorino Respighi was born on July 9, 1879, in Bologna and died on April
If you don’t know JACK, here’s your chance. At 4 p.m. Monday in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall, the JACK Quartet will present an eclectic program of modern and contemporary works by Ruth Crawford Seeger, John
Audiences have invented its nickname: The Titan. The Giant. These are among them. They are quantitative. Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
What’s it like to audition for an orchestra? How long do orchestral musicians practice? Are the second violins just as
There’s no such thing as just another Mahler symphony. It’s one of the great paradoxes of the symphonic repertoire: Gustav
Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp Minor/D Major Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler was born in on July
As a child, Daniel Kaler watched the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra from the audience in the Amphitheater in awe. “It was always such a treat to hear the orchestra’s performance,” said Kaler, a cellist with the
John Gerber first encountered the trompe de chasse (“hunting horn”) while traveling in France. “I was so impressed hearing this
Humor is usually not immediately associated with classical music, but it is there upon close inspection. Jared Jacobsen will hold
Thursday night’s Amphitheater concert by the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra was the kind you hope to attend, a standard program allowing
There’s no shortage of enterprising young chamber ensembles who, in some fashion or other, are on a mission to blur
Illustration by Emma Francois Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony sets a pretty high bar for a conductor’s physical endurance, clocking in at about an hour and a half. Yet two back-to-back performances would only be about