Our professional orchestras are one of our cultural glories, as good as any anywhere. Every single one is a miracle of stored-up musical wisdom skill and love, playing with a paradoxical combination ...

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Bramwell Tovey, a veteran conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, and Calgary Opera company among others, was named Tuesday as the new music director of the Sarasota Orchestra.

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — All hail the Queen. It was “one night only,” but British singer-actress Cynthia Erivo made it feel like a once-in-a-lifetime event. Her voice cut through the heavy night air at ...

Salisbury, England (CBS News) -- When you hear the word "ukelele", you probably think Hawaii or Tiny Tim. Well, England has a whole orchestra of them. It's not quite like any orchestra you may have ...

Recognized as the U.K.'s most in-demand orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will come to Sarasota for a spectacular ...

Marin Alsop, the first woman conductor to head a major British orchestra, says she expects to be appointed music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Pending approval of a contract, which was ...

Testy old (71) Sir Thomas Beecham was in a mellow mood. With the 105 members of his Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, he had cleared the brambles of the U.S.’s new Security Act without a scratch, while ...

Of all the big-name, foreign-name maestros who lead U. S. symphony orchestras, the most typically, most restlessly American is a British-born Irish-Pole: Leopold Antony Stokowski. Bored with the daily ...