Kenneth LaFave

Holst’s “Jupiter” challenges modern assumptions about celebration, revealing jollity as something quieter, deeper and more enduring.

Listeners take a stroll through the streets of Rome via Tchaikovsky’s ‘Capriccio Italien.’

One melody, written on a tour bus, grew into a symbol embraced by Americans across generations.

Alexander Borodin’s musical avocation produced themes that still echo from concert halls to Broadway.

The rhythmic Polish mazurka was one of Chopin’s most famous forms of music.

Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ presents the dichotomy of good and evil through the vocal ranges of its main characters.

Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich wrote ‘Waltz No. 2’ after Stalin’s death. It exhibits a lightness not heard from the composer during Stalin’s reign.

As orchestras welcome in the New Year, one elegant waltz is as inevitable as the countdown.

The “Hallelujah Chorus” was the masterpiece of composer George Frideric Handel and librettist Charles Jennens.

Written to honor his silver anniversary, Edvard Grieg’s “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen” captures decades of love, loss, and art in a single piano work.

Holst’s “Jupiter” challenges modern assumptions about celebration, revealing jollity as something quieter, deeper and more enduring.

Listeners take a stroll through the streets of Rome via Tchaikovsky’s ‘Capriccio Italien.’

One melody, written on a tour bus, grew into a symbol embraced by Americans across generations.

Alexander Borodin’s musical avocation produced themes that still echo from concert halls to Broadway.

The rhythmic Polish mazurka was one of Chopin’s most famous forms of music.

Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ presents the dichotomy of good and evil through the vocal ranges of its main characters.

Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich wrote ‘Waltz No. 2’ after Stalin’s death. It exhibits a lightness not heard from the composer during Stalin’s reign.

As orchestras welcome in the New Year, one elegant waltz is as inevitable as the countdown.

The “Hallelujah Chorus” was the masterpiece of composer George Frideric Handel and librettist Charles Jennens.

Written to honor his silver anniversary, Edvard Grieg’s “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen” captures decades of love, loss, and art in a single piano work.