For his coronation at Westminster Abbey on October 22, 1727, the future King George II asked Handel, who had become a British subject a few months earlier, to write the music for the ceremony.

Handel composes the four Coronation Anthems: "Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened" for the enthronement, the ...

Grand master of Royal Music, Lully distinguished himself above all in ballet, comedy and opera, which he invented to meet the new demands of Louis XIV in terms of the artistic influence of the French kingdom. But Lully, whose genius is polymorphic, finds the opportunity to extend his hold to the ...

Soprano Véronique Gens directed by Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas. Les Surprises and Véronique Gens paint a rich and vast panorama of the French Baroque Opera or Lyric Tragedy - of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Tragédie en musique, also known as tragédie lyrique, is a genre of French opera intro...

Music:
BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945): Concerto for orchestra Sz. 116 (1943)
BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945): Concerto for viola Sz. 120 (1945)
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990): Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (1957)

Les Dissonances is a European classical music orchestra created in 2004 by the violinist ...

Music:
Vladimir Sommer "Antigone"
Gustav Mahler "Chant Pour Les Enfants Morts / Kindertotenlieder"
Sergei Rachmaninoff "Danses Symphoniques Op.45 / Symphonic Dances"
Franz Schubert "Moment Musical n.3 in F Minor Op.94"
Béla Bartók "The Miraculous Mandarin, Opening"

Director: Mariss Jansons (Mu...

Music:
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

The great talent of Violinist Sergey Khachatryan performing Johannes Brahms and Igor Stravinsky.

Sergey Khachatryan, born 5 April 1985 in Yerevan, is an Armenian violinist. Since 1993 he has lived in ...

Between 1707 and 1710, Handel (1685-1759) undertook a trip to Italy, to soak up the very fashionable Italian dramatic style.

In Rome first, he discovered a special situation: Pope Clement XI banned opera performances there, for reasons as much religious as political. It was then that academies ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596.

The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers. Another follows a group of six...

Music:
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Suite
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in E flat major KV 365 (316a)
Francis Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in D minor
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major op. 25 “Classic”

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was...

Solomon, HWV 67, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The anonymous libretto – currently thought to have been penned by the English Jewish poet/playwright Moses Mendes – is based on the biblical stories of the wise king Solomon from the First Book of Kings and the Second Book of Chronicles, ...

Music:
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.66 in B flat major
Josef Suk: Meditation on the Chorale of Saint Wenceslas, Opus 35a
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Opus 56a
Franz Liszt: The Preludes

Slovenian Conductor Marko Letonja continues a distinguished career as Chief Conductor and G...

Music:
Sir Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings Op. 20
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major KV622
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 15 in D major Hob. I: 15

The Prague Philharmonia was founded in 1994 on the initiative of the conductor Jiří Bělohlávek (1946-2017) under the original nam...

Music:
Alexander Glazunov: Prelude from the Suite 'Du Moyen-Age' op. 79
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor op. 30
Alexander Glazunov: Symphony no.6

The Russian National Orchestra was founded in Moscow in 1990 by pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev. It was the first Russian ...

Easter Gala Concert at Catherine Palace (Throne Hall)

The evening sun, reflected in the grandiose mirrors of the Throne Hall, will create a special atmosphere in combination with spiritual chants, which will be performed by the concert choir of the St. Petersburg Conservatory under the direction...

The Orchestra of the Symphonic Meetings was created in 2014 by the conductor Vincent Gaillard. The first concert took place during the Absolute Gospel Festival in Lyon.

Over the years, the collaborations have evolved, gaining in intensity and richness. It was in 2009, 14 years ago, that Sabine K...

Music:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major Op.61
Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), symphonic poem op.64

Director: Andris Nelsons (Music Conductor)
Cast: Sergey Khachatryan (Violin), Paris Orchestra

Music:
Leonard Bernstein: "West Side Story: Symphonic Dances"
Richard Dubugnon: "Battlefield, concerto for two pianos and double orchestra"
Sergei Prokofiev: "Romeo and Juliet: suite n ° 1 op. 64 bis"

Director: Paavo Järvi (Music Conductor)
Cast: Katia and Marielle Labèque (Pianos), Paris Orchestra

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is a pastoral ode in three parts by George Frederick Handel based on the poetry of John Milton. Premiered in 1740 in London at the Theater Royal Lincoln's Inn Fields Text by Charles Jennens, based on poems by John Milton.

At the urging of one of Handel's li...

Music:
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884): Vltava (The Moldau) from Má Vlast
Fazil Say: Water op.45 for piano and orchestra (commissioned by the Gstaad Menuhin Festival)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Four Sea Interludes op.33a
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): La Mer, three symphonic sketches for orchestra

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Music:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for horn and orchestra no. 4 in E flat major KV495
Jean Sibelius: Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor op. 47
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, unabridged version

Director: Jakub Hrůša (Music Conductor)
Cast: Prague Philharmonia, Kateřina Javůrková (Ho...

Music:
Steve Reich (1936): Clapping Music
Steve Reich: Duet
Steve Reich: The Four Sections
Steve Reich: The Desert Music
Steve Reich: Three Movements (III)

Director: Kristjan Järvi (Music Conductor)
Cast: MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig

Music:
Gabriel Fauré "Pelléas et Mélisande"
Hector Berlioz "La Mort de Cléopȃtre"
Maurice Ravel "Vaises nobles et sentimentales"
Claude Debussy "La Mer"

Director: Robin Ticciati (Music Conductor)
Cast: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Anna-Caterina Antonacci (Soprano)

Music:
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and “Liebestod”
Arnold Schoenberg: The Transfigured Night op.4
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished”
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

Director: Kent Nagano (Music Director)
Cast: Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Miah ...

Music:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite of the Golden Cockerel
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op. 11
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, op. 21
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from the Tale of Tsar Saltan op. 57

Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and o...