Utah Symphony invites audiences to access the first full Masterworks online performance of music by German composers that reflect the tragedy of destruction and the triumph of music over grief and ...

This weekend the Houston Symphony presented three pieces in its classical series including Sibelius’s “Violin Concerto in D minor” and Mendelssohn’s famous composition “Scottish.” The crowd was ...

The concert will begin with Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, from the music composed for the London premiere of Maurice Maeterlinck's drama. The Suite depicts different moments in the play, whose ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Outside Scotland, the reputation of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra was made largely through its association ...

Inspiration comes in many forms. After visiting the Palace of Holyrood in 1829, the young Felix Mendelssohn wrote, ‘I believe I found today in the old chapel the beginning of my Scottish Symphony’.

Elim Chan takes the podium in the first of five concerts as part of the ExxonMobil Summer Symphony Nights series. Credit: Photo courtesy of the Houston Symphony. Chan makes her Houston debut with this ...

Stanislas Kim performs Elgar's concerto with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra.

Music critic Richard Bratby's pick of the week's new releases, and Dr Katy Hamilton recommends a top recording of Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony in Building a Library. Show more 2.10 The ...

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Mendelssohn visited Scotland in 1829 when he was just 20 years of age. He didn’t care for the local music, but his visit there at the start of his celebrated "Grand Tour" of Europe resulted in two of ...

Houston Symphony presents Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, where audiences will be transported to a world of ancient ruins and windswept Highland beauty, inspired by the composer’s trip to the British ...