This week, learn the full story behind Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell" Overture. Plus, we'll hear two towering musical expressions of nature with Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 and Richard ...

WQXR's Jeff Spurgeon hosts this unique classical music podcast which introduces a featured classical recording in each episode.

How the composer moved from riotously original piano music to the light-footed symphony that made his name. By Phil Hebblethwaite For years before Robert Schumann completed his First Symphony in 1841, ...

Breathe in fresh meadow air and envision flower buds bursting into full bloom with Schumann’s revitalizing “Spring” Symphony, music that positively brims with optimism and cheer. Jordan Pal’s Scylla: ...

This year the three brass SSO fellowships have gone to women(Dukas Ju/flickr.com/CC-BY-NC-2.0) The world was looking very bright indeed for a 30-year-old Robert ...

A clock’s tick, a bird’s call, a fire’s crackle and the words of a former United States Senator — it’s not what you would expect from a symphony performance. The Berkeley Symphony’s March 16 Spring’s ...

Gustavo Dudamel, resident director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest-conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) on April 5 in a captivating performance of Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 1 and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Some of the most informative and rewarding moments with the Colorado Symphony are its semi-regular festivals devoted to a composer, such as an ambitious ...