Francois Couperin, also known as "Couperin le Grand." One key French composer will be well represented on the program even though he didn’t directly write any of the pieces. Baroque composer François ...

After a childhood spent practicing an instrument, composers, no matter how rebellious, remain bound to the past. John Cage’s attraction to Mozart was lifelong. Stravinsky adored Tchaikovsky, ...

François Couperin was one of the baroque era’s greatest keyboard composers. Did he write any orchestral music? Er, no. Though listen to a few minutes of Hugo Reyne’s version of his trio sonata “La ...

Thomas Adès, the British composer, seems to have reached the stage where, whatever he writes, someone will program it. That’s stardom. Last Thursday, the New York Philharmonic opened a concert with ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The program will also present British composer Thomas Adès's homage to ...

Dallas Chamber Symphony calls its March 4 concert at the Moody Performance Hall in the Dallas Arts District a French program. What’s surprising is the first piece on the concert is British. Dallas ...

When Mark Brombaugh plays a recital Friday night (Sept. 30) at Tacoma’s Christ Episcopal Church, there’ll be one piece among the Bach, Widor and Couperin that has a very different significance.

Maurice Ravel looked back to the French Baroque for inspiration in writing his "Le Tombeau de Couperin" (leh tom-BOH duh cooper-AH(n). We'll take you to Germany to hear a performance with Esa-Pekka ...

François Couperin was one of the baroque era’s greatest keyboard composers. Did he write any orchestral music? Er, no. Though listen to a few minutes of Hugo Reyne’s version of his trio sonata “La ...