He makes perfect sense of the seemingly senseless. The question is how? Shostakovich knew all too well that it wasn’t enough to believe in the integrity of every bar of his most ambitious symphony to ...

And in our centrepiece at 2pm, we continue this week’s exploration of the symphonies of Weinberg and Shostakovich, with the latter’s youthful Symphony No. 1 performed by the BBC Symphony ...

Vladimir Jurowski is familiar to UK audiences through his live music-making with the LPO. Now this adaptable maestro is striking sparks on disc with the Russian National Orchestra. If you’ve acquired ...

He writes his Opus 1. Scherzo in F sharp ... After a pause of eight years, Shostakovich returns to the symphonic form and produces his 10th Symphony. It is recognised as a masterpiece both ...

At the end of an exhausting week in which Holocaust Memorial Day struck a more urgent note than ever as fascism started tearing through the USA, parts of this concert were bound to hit hard. That they ...

Van Cliburn Piano Competition winner Olga Kern to perform with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 8. Known for her ...