Robert Schumann thought of his fourth symphony as a symphonic fantasy, not a classical symphony. He wanted all four movements to be performed without pauses to focus on the work as a whole — and to ...

One "n" or two, that's the question. The menu for Saturday's Springfield Symphony Orchestra includes a Schumann sandwich, with a twist. That twist involves two composers whose surnames differ only by ...

William Schuman, a towering figure among American symphonists and a protean force on music in America, died Saturday in New York following hip surgery. He was 81. ”Bill was a great presence on our ...

The Chronicle reported details of the San Francisco Symphony's 2006-2007 season Thursday. Today The Chronicle runs the full schedule, which also can be found on SFGate.com. All events are in Davies ...

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What a concert program looks like on paper, and what it sounds like in a performance, can be two very different things. Saturday evening’s Milwaukee’s Symphony performance of three disparate pieces by ...