The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is almost like a personal ... the argument by resolving the first theme in B minor. Then it takes wing in a flight of ecstatic ...

Yet rarely will you find Bach on a Minnesota Orchestra program ... Avital’s subsequent take on a version of the A Minor Violin Concerto was most memorable during the sprightly and spirited ...

Professional musician Alexandra Shatalova Prior guides readers through the nuances of some of the world’s best-known classical music. Each embedded video below offers a clip of the passage she ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was one of a long list of musicians in his family. After his parents died, Johann's eldest brother taught him the violin before studying other instruments. Bach was born in ...

Johann Sebastian Bach was one of a long list of musicians in his family. After his parents died, Johann's eldest brother taught him the violin before studying other instruments. Bach was born in ...