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 ...

The Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra to preparing to perform a range of memorable pieces in classical music. The concert, ...

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 ...

For his suite “Scheherazade,” Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was inspired by the collected tales of The Arabian Nights (“One Thousand and One Nights”). While he originally included titles to ...

Composed in 1888 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade is one of the most popular works in the Russian repertoire. Under the baton of Aziz Shokhakimov the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Watch as Elim Chan conducts Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade” as part of her ...

The Ixsir Vineyards in Lebanon’s Jbeil Mountains played host to an immersive reimagining of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s 1888 symphonic suite Scheherazade this week, as the sun sank below the peaks and ...

JoAnn Falletta. Photo by Cheryl Gorski. JoAnn Falletta is celebrating her 20th anniversary as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, so we’ve gotta give her a shout out with this old ...

On this week's episode, we’re exploring the written word through music, with pieces by Richard Strauss, Sergei Prokofiev, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The legendary character Don Juan appears woven ...

Say you wanted to set up a tournament bracket in which classical composers are pitted against one another in a battle over who gets the most out of an orchestra in their compositions and arrangements.