"A primer ... demonstrating the range and special capabilities of each instrument of the orchestra, with examples drawn from the symphonic repertory." Performed by ...

Learn how the clarinet makes sound and explore its role in the woodwind family. In a hands-on music lesson, Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, ...

Hungary’s greatest composer Béla Bartók moved to New York during World War II, and he overcame serious health problems to create a musical masterpiece showing off all the instruments of the orchestra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The standard configuration of the symphony orchestra has remained mostly unchanged for the past century. But innovative artists ...

As the orchestra begins to tune its instruments, the crowd goes silent. Suddenly, as the conductor waves her wand, a burst of music echoes through the halls. "It's a bunch of people that know how to ...

Principal clarinettist with the CBSO, Oli Janes talks about the elegies, raucous dances and virtuoso fireworks of Bartók’s ...