My copy of the 1974 BBC Catalogue of Music Broadcast on Radios 3 and 4 tells me that the average length of time it takes to perform the Symphonic Variations by César Franck is 14'45". The first time I ...

How's this for a classical music lineup on a summer night: Antonin Dvorak's "Legends" was published in 1881; Cesar Franck's "Symphonic Variations" was composed four years later, in 1885; George Bizet ...

It's not a symphony, and it's not a concerto either. It's more of a concert piece for piano and orchestra. We're in Atlanta, Georgia, to hear the Atlanta Symphony play the "Symphonic Variations," by ...

The New York Philharmonic This Week, hosted by Emmy Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin, includes recent performances of the orchestra and interviews with musicians, guest artists and conductors.

Cesar Franck was a late bloomer. He wasted a lot of his early career on being a ladies' man and a bit of a drifter. But a few of his later works have stuck in the repertoire, including the Symphonic ...

A concert from Lithuania dedicated to the anniversaries of César Franck and Camille Saint-Saëns. The program also includes the Symphonic Overture Kęstutis by Lithuanian genius composer-painter ...

Belgium’s greatest composer, César Franck (1822-1890), is a man with a hidden past. He was a late developer and decades of his early output are neglected in favour of his mature work. His great ...

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Like what you heard at the symphony, or want to know what you missed? Larry Lapidus has compiled a list of essential recordings of some of the music played last weekend. 1. Heitor Villa-Lobos, ...