The composer's early life as a sailor informed his evocative music for Sinbad and other tales from the Arabian Nights. I want to tell you a story…but there’s more to this tale than words! It’s a story ...

Hear two selections from 'Scheherazade' conducted by Marin Alsop's mentor, Leonard Bernstein (leading the New York Philharmonic in 1959). For centuries, composers have tried to spin tales in music. My ...

Watch as Elim Chan conducts Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade” as part of her NY Phil debut on March 7, 2024, featuring NY Phil Concertmaster Frank Huang. The work was also on the program when Chan ...

Bedtime stories took on a new meaning for Scheherazade. Her husband, the Sultan, had the nasty habit of marrying a woman at night and killing her in the morning. So Scheherazade thought up a plan.

Rimsksy-Korsakov, whose symphonic tone poem Scheherazade is based on a tale from the One Thousand and One Nights, would have delighted in this disc. Founded in 1999 and making its Proms debut on ...

To open this program, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA welcomes Spanish harpist Cristina Montes Mateo. She is featured in a challenging 20th-century piece, the “Concerto Capriccio” by the Catalan ...

The music of Rimsky-Korsakov and eye value of brilliant color give Song of Scheherazade entertainment elements not otherwise found in the fluffy, ineptly directed and played story. Score contains 10 ...

Rimsky-Korsakov's phenomenal skill as an orchestral colourist shines out nowhere better than in the voluptuous, Arabian Nights-inspired Scheherazade, an all-time concert favourite and one that has ...

Watch as Claus-alike Leif Segerstam gives a novel interpretation of a Rimsky-Korsakov classic by shouting all over it. Amazing stuff. Finnish conductor Leif Segerstam provided his own alternative ...