Colin Jacobsen is back in NPR's Studio 4A for his second day as PT's newest Young Artist. Today he has an hour of trio music in store. First, Ieva Jokubavichiute (YEH-va jo-ku-bah-vih-CHU-tay) and ...

For the Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s “Rush Hour Classics” concert Thursday evening at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts’ Belding Theater, the theme was Paris by way of the composers Haydn, ...

Audio will be available later today. Colin Jacobsen, Performance Today's Young Artist in Residence, returns to NPR's Studio 4A for an hour of music from Jacques Ibert and Mendelssohn. Lithuanian ...

Neeme Jarvi and his Orchestre de la Suisse Romande have been immersing themselves in French music lately, with noteworthy albums of Massenet, Chabrier and Offenbach. Now they turn to the urbane ...

$15 cover charge. Dinner reservations guarantee seating. On June 16th we will travel from the sublime to the ridiculous. The sublime being Wagner’s outpourings of love for two different women; ...

Though he is not well-known in the U.S., Jacques Ibert (rhymes with he bear) is one of France’s best composers. U.S. music lovers may have heard his iridescent orchestral piece Escales (Ports of Call) ...

I left this concert with a light step, buoyed by the artistry of Claude Delangle, who combined technical wizardry on the alto and soprano saxophones with taste, grace and a French soul. Jacques ...

Jacques Ibert’s Flute Concerto dances around so effervescently that listeners may not realize this: It’s a bear of a workout for the flute soloist. “The whole thing is very difficult, said Caroline ...

A guilty pleasure does no harm from time to time. French composer Jacques Ibert was the musical magpie par excellence. His Escales clothes Debussy’s Impressionism in a rich, romantic costume. The ...