It’s not news that Augustin Hadelich played an immaculate, astonishing Barber Violin Concerto on Sunday’s Aspen Festival ...

An unplayable finale and a meddling violin teacher? Jane Jones sheds light on the story behind Barber's only Violin Concerto. The American composer Samuel Barber was – depending on who you talk to – ...

Given the great success of the Adagio for Strings, Samuel Barber could have been forgiven for resting on his musical laurels in the late 1930s. But the American composer was having none of it: he set ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook At the New York Philharmonic, concertos by Samuel Barber and Wynton Marsalis offered contrasting musical ideas: lyrical cohesion and ...

We’ve got the Parker boys on piano, and Isabel Bayrakdarian on voice—so the CBC was clearly in need of a poster boy for violin to add to its roster. Which is where James Ehnes comes in. In the past 11 ...