The Springfield Symphony Orchestra was a mere 10 years old in 1954 when Dmitri Shostakovich dashed off his “Festive Overture” in three days on a commission from the Bolshoi Theatre. Although the SSO’s ...

One hundred years ago, a group of musicians gathered in Montclair to celebrate the end of their first season playing together. The centerpiece of their program that day: Max Bruch’s violin concerto.

There's a brand new concert hall in Montgomery County, Md., that promises to become a major new venue between two cities that are already culturally rich, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The Baltimore ...

CARBONDALE — Featuring the works of German composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Max Bruch, the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Symphony Orchestra will present a concert, on Tuesday, March 4, at ...

To mark the upcoming start of Passover, we hear music by Max Bruch, based on Hebrew melodies. It's music for cello and orchestra called "Kol Nidrei." The cellist in our performance is Mischa Maisky, ...