Robert Schumann's three Violin Sonatas are the epitome of Romanticism -- deeply atmospheric works full of song, but haunted by the ghost of Beethoven and the pull between tradition and innovation, not ...

The most famous of Beethoven’s violin sonatas have nicknames. The Spring is named for its air of pastoral ease – although that choice of name had nothing to do with the composer. The Kreutzer got its ...

In Michael Hollinger’s play “Opus,” now on stage at Clague Playhouse, the fictitious Lazara Quartet is a celebrated, world-renowned classical quartet. They have a slew of recordings (one of which won ...

The first gesture of Leos Janacek's Violin Sonata, an anguished and violent wail from a violin, snatched and amplified by piano, is shocking music. It was even more shocking on Wednesday night at the ...

Students in the new DeLUXE K!DS violin program perform on Dec. 1. Every weekday afternoon, the hallways of Houston ISD's Bruce Elementary fill with the sounds of children excited to get out of school.

If you didn’t attend March’s Downtown Chamber Series concert . . . oh, man. That Crumb piece with the pitched wine glasses, intense violin and cello sections, and growling chants in French? Seriously, ...

When we think of French music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, we most often think of Debussy and Ravel, and their music of deftly tinted clarity and elegance. Both were represented on ...