Sometimes it takes an outsider to point out what's great about a culture. That's exactly what Czech composer Antonin Dvorak was when he came to the U.S. At the end of the 19th century. He was an ...

The “Enigma” Variations was written as a set of musical character sketches of Edward Elgar’s friends, with the first variation cast as a tender tribute to his wife and the finale as a rousing ...

This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Sometimes it takes an ...

Czech composer Antonin Dvorak came to the US to be Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City for three years in the 1890s. During the summer of 1893 he chose to vacation in ...

The Weilerstein Trio is a family of musicians. Violinist Donald Weilerstein and pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein are joined by their daughter Alisa Weilerstein, the cellist. Alisa has been performing ...

You don’t have to travel to Austria or Italy to visit the home of a world-famous classical music composer. Just a short drive from Rochester rests a small town that one master called home for a summer ...

Conductor James Conlon took the stage of Davies Symphony Hall after intermission on Thursday night like a conjuror with a particularly impressive trick up his sleeve. He wasn't far wrong. The magic ...

Claude Debussy’s singular visit to Spain lasted only an hour or two, long enough to attend a bullfight. Even so, his contemporary Manuel de Falla declared Debussy’s Iberia to be more genuine than ...

Anyone who has spent time listening to folk music knows that it is less about the notes and words and more about the community it fosters between the performers and audience. Few exemplify that more ...