Mozart's quintet for piano and winds has the most gorgeous second movement. Who knows, maybe this is what Mozart was referring to when he wrote to his father and exclaimed that this quintet was the ...

Woodwind quintets have never had the glamour of other small groups. Mozart, Brahms, and Beethoven didn't write much for that combination of instruments. But members of the Borealis Woodwind Quintet ...

As Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra navigates through a re-imagined 43rd season, virtual concerts have offered the opportunity to focus on different sections of the group for each performance. Illinois ...

One hopes that the people around and about Mozart realised just how remarkable a composer and performer he really was, although much of the evidence from the time suggests that many failed to spot it.

Mozart’s chamber music and piano works reveal the composer at his most intimate. Spanning all of his short life, they encompass a wide spectrum of emotion, from innocence and fun to a dramatic power ...

Clarinetist Martin Frost's recent Weber was exceptional, warranting an appraisal of his earlier Mozart clarinet music. It is difficult to overstate the cultural value of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and ...