Smithsonian Associates: The Glory of Russian Masterworks, Lecture 2 – The “Mighty Fistful” vs. Pyotr Tchaikovsky

https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/glory-of-russian-masterworksTchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev: Russia has provided us with some of the most exciting and original music in the repertoire today. Vibrant colors, explosive energy, and passionate emotional drive characterize the works of these composers. Yet this tradition seemed to spring from nowhere barely 150 years ago, expanding meteorically in breadth and national confidence […]

Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics

Music Center at Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Ln, North Bethesda

https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda, MD venue, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series.