Symphony Salon

(Left) A newly discovered painting of Mozart in Munich 1790 by Johann Georg Edlinger (Right) The little Mozart at the keyboard is adorable,...

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the third son (second surviving one) of Johann Sebastian Bach, was born (1714) in Weimar, and died (1788) in Hamb...

Peter Laki writes: Symphony No. 3 in D minor by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Gustav Mahler was born in Kalischt (now Kaliste) in Austrian Bohem...

The so-called "London" or "Solomon" symphonies, twelve in number, were written for those visits: Nos. 93 to 98 for the f...

by Andrew Clements Friday July 6, 2001 The Guardian In 1926, Sibelius produced his final work of any real significance: the symphonic poem T...

The time of pause and reflection is here. I hope you have time to bring in the return of the sun in a way befitting a time that has brought ...

Andrew Clements Friday July 20, 2001 The Guardian (UK) Of all Mahler's symphonies, the Seventh is the most enigmatic, and in its musical...

Vincent d'Indy's Second Symphony, in B-flat, Op.57 was written in 1903-4, and first publicly performed in February, 1904. It exempli...

Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris in 1851 and became a pupil and leading disciple of César Franck, whose music he did much to propagate. ...

Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection”Gustav Mahler (b. July 7, 1860 in Kalischt, Bohemia; d. May 18, 1911 in Vienna) In August 1886, the...

Bruckner's deeply meditative music poses a challenge to listeners. The nine symphonies, most spanning an hour in length, gradually unfol...

An imposing figure, for a time comparatively obscure, though early recognized as an organist of superlative ability, and almost suddenly, la...

Sibelius completed his First Symphony, E minor, Op.39, in 1899. Though it was his first effort in this type of composition, it was immediate...

The very first Finnish composer is Jean (or Jan) Sibelius. It is he who placed Finland at last upon the musical map. Being nationally affili...

Saint-Saëns wrote his Third Symphony, C minor, Op.78, in 1885-6, very shortly before the death of Franz Liszt, to whose memory the work is d...

Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) made his first symphonic experiment in his sixteenth year; but the one of which he acknowledged the parentage and pr...

Charles Camille Saint-Saëns was born in Paris, October 9, 1835. He was astonishingly precocious; is said to have begun the study of the pian...

Cesar Franck's one and only Symphony, in D minor, was written in 1889, a year before his death, and represents therefore a fully mature ...

Cesar Franck was born December 10, 1822, in Liege. Thus he was of Belgian descent; but as early as 1844 Paris became his permanent home, and...

The third symphonic epic of Berlioz, known as the Dramatic Symphony, in B, Op.17, was written in 1838. It is based upon Shakespeare's dr...