Written to simultaneously depict the journey of graduating seniors with the composer’s own journey to the other side of the world without his family, the music pulls at every emotional string it can
Originally written as the slow movement of a string quartet, this musical treasure was singled out by conductor Arturo Toscanini, who asked Barber for a string orchestra arrangement. It was played on a
For the more advanced yet young-at-heart musicians, Mother Goose Suite brings five French children’s tales to life in this 20th-century masterpiece. Ravel’s signature sophisticated