The Guardian

Bax: Symphonic Variations; Concertante for Piano (Left hand): Wass/Bournemouth Symphony Orch/Judd

Arnold Bax wrote five works for piano and orchestra. None of them is a conventional concerto, and all of them were dedicated to his mistress of more that 30 years, Harriet Cohen. These are the first ...
The New York Times

Can a Piano Capture the Grandeur of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Music?

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Inon Barnatan has created a solo transcription of “Symphonic Dances” in which he tries “not to imitate an orchestra, but to embody it.” By Joshua ...
The Columbian

Vancouver Symphony bulks up to play Mahler

What: Vancouver Symphony plays Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Franck’s “Symphonic Variations” with pianist Darlene Cusick. When: 3 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. Where: Skyview High School Concert Hall ...
NPR

Franck

The Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra by Cesar Franck are a strange beast — neither a symphony nor a concerto, but a sort of hybrid. We hear pianist Roberto Cominati perform with the RAI ...