There might not be a thousand of them, but for this performance of Mahler’s Eighth symphony, better known as the “Symphony of a Thousand”, there are nonetheless 300 musicians on stage! Alongside the f...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony enjoys an unrivalled position among the all-time greats of music. The composer said that the first few notes sound like "fate knocking at the door". E. T. A. Hoffmann said...

Bernstein and Karajan regarded Mahler's Ninth Symphony as one of the finest works ever composed. Mahler wrote the composition shortly after the death of his daughter. Its metaphysical gravitas makes...

The Houston Symphony's many distinguished musical directors include Fricsay, Stokowski, Barbirolli, Previn and Eschenbach. Taking up the baton in 2014, the Colombian conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada is...