Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Friday-Sunday. British composer and conductor Benjamin Britten was born more than 100 years ago, but his work continues to reverberate. Take Britten’s “The ...

One World Symphony continues exploring “Contrasts and Controversy” — this season’s theme — with a production of Benjamin Britten’s classic “Peter Grimes: The Divided Self” in Brooklyn Heights’ Church ...

When plotting out his first season as Minnesota Orchestra music director, Thomas Søndergård decided to focus his winter visit on two countries: Russia and England. After celebrating the new year with ...

Twin Cities audiences are currently in the midst of a Ravel immersion fortnight at Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall. Last week, the Minnesota Orchestra performed the composer’s “Mother Goose” Suite and ...

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2013-14 season. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst will introduce a Fall Festival, pairing symphonies by Beethoven and Shostakovich, and an all-Brahms weekend ...

U.S. music lovers have tried hard to keep abreast of Britain’s fast-moving young (35) Composer Benjamin Britten. They have seen and heard three of his operas (Paul Bunyan, Peter Grimes, The Rape of ...

BOSTON — What can music teach us about war? As images of the catastrophe in Ukraine flood our daily lives — the crumble of bombed city blocks, the looming plumes of black smoke, the obscenity of ...

violinist Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg, leader of the New Century Chamber OrchestraNew Century Chamber Orchestra/Christian Steiner After a late start caused by a scheduling snafu (someone evidently double ...