Antonin Dvorak helped revive string-orchestra music with a famous serenade in 1875. A few years later, Tchaikovsky followed in his footsteps with his own Serenade for Strings, which we feature, ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule 1 Allegro piacevole Elgar was a string-player, a violinist of considerable ...

Suk wrote his serenade at the suggestion of his teacher Dvorak. It was Suk’s first great success with long tuneful melodies. Czech folk tunes are suggested throughout – but never used. It is an ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A spate of new recordings has brought Elgar’s symphonies once again to the fore. Ever since the Symphony No. 1 was ...

This weekend, the Victoria Chamber Orchestra will offer two performances of an especially attractive program of late-Romantic music for strings (Saturday, 8 p.m., First Metropolitan United Church; ...

Each week, melodies rise from string instruments played by a cross-generational collection of students seeking to master the art of vibration. A lifelong student and now teacher of music, Arnie ...