The Rise and Fall of Athens’s Naval Mastermind,” by Michael Scott.

Mahler’s Third began with a blatty onset in the horns—but, as they continued, those horns were arresting. Part I as a whole ...

Warren Frye on “The Saga of the Earls of Orkney,” edited and translated by Judith Jesch.

Music has long depended on its benefactors, including commissioners. Think of the three string quartets that make up Beethoven’s Op. 59. They’re known as the “Razumovsky Quartets,” because Count ...

On a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra, at the Trump Kennedy Center.

On political philosophy, Egon Schiele, Gainsborough, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Hogarth & more from the world of culture.

Jane Coombs on a performance of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, at Carnegie Hall.

While Dueñas was playing, a woman sneaked down the aisle, back to her seat. Apparently, she had left after the Beethoven, not realizing that there would be an encore. This time she had her shoes—those ...

A recital by Juan Diego Flórez, the Peruvian tenor, follows a pattern. With Vincenzo Scalera at the piano, the program begins with songs by bel canto composers—Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini. It has some ...