On Sunday, the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic opens its 53rd season with a heaping serving of fantasy. “Fantastic Explorations” will feature works by Dai Wei (“The Dancing Moonlight”), Leoš ...

What: Jahja Ling conducts Beethoven and Oliverio. When: 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10. Where:: Blossom Music Center, 1145 W. Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls. Tickets ...

In the Spark episode “Work in Progress,” go behind the scenes with the San Francisco Symphony in the rehearsal of a groundbreaking new work for timpani and orchestra by renowned composer William Kraft ...

The symphonic wind ensemble, mixing wind and brass instruments, was popularized in the United States starting in the 1950s by the Eastman Wind Ensemble. Founded by the late Frederick Fennell at the ...

Never in my life did I expect to hear a timpani concerto, let alone two, and those two in back-to-back seasons. Opening weekend of 2014 included a timpani concerto by William Kraft, and this last ...

The timpani are among a symphony orchestra’s most exciting instruments. There’s nothing quite like a musician pounding away on wide kettledrums made from copper. But aside from the occasional dramatic ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1 Sonja Fräki, Piano Eva Ollikainen, Conductor Turku Philharmonic Orchestra Kalevi Aho, Composer Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra Turku Philharmonic Orchestra ...