The Boston Globe / W. Anthony Sheppard
The piece that most clearly demonstrated Williams’s full stylistic range was “Escapades,” a three-movement orchestral score drawing...
Continue ReadingThe Boston Globe / W. Anthony Sheppard
The piece that most clearly demonstrated Williams’s full stylistic range was “Escapades,” a three-movement orchestral score drawing...
Continue ReadingBranford joins The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Digital Stage performing works by Glazunov and Villa-Lobos! The concert is available starting November 12 at 8 PM and available all weekend long...
Continue ReadingBranford Marsalis has faced the question a few times along his career: which music is harder to play, jazz or classical?
You'd think the answer would be jazz, where notes aren't...
Continue ReadingAlthough the symphonic heavy-hitter in the opening concert of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-2017 classical season last weekend at Miller Symphony Hall was undoubtedly Beethoven...
Continue ReadingThe 2016-17 season-opening Allentown Symphony Orchestra classical music concerts will be long-remembered for a Lehigh Valley world premiere by a well-known musician, band leader and composer.
... Continue ReadingWhen Branford Marsalis performed Villa Lobos’ Fantasia for Saxophone and Orchestra for his first time back in 2008, you’d think it would have been a cakewalk for the multiple Grammy-...
Continue ReadingAhead of his Hong Kong debut, Branford Marsalis coaches some young city musicians. His biggest tip for them: ‘People react to sound. Sound can create emotion. Technique is just execution...
Continue ReadingJazz saxophonist’s Hong Kong debut, in a concert of classical music, was well received, his playing by turns romantic, reflective and warm but with few outlets for his virtuosity
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Continue ReadingRenowned New Orleans jazz saxophonist to make his debut in the city playing classical music with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
Playing French and Russian classical music with a...
Continue ReadingBranford is wrapping up a US tour with his quartet (just a few shows left!), but at the end of the month he will be traveling overseas to perform classically in Hong Kong for the first time. He...
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