New research finds listeners judge symphonic music differently when they’re told the conductor is a woman. Researchers provide evidence that gender stereotypes shape our reaction to orchestral performances. But they report these effects aren’t...

Hall, with Pierre Boulez conducting. Predictably that was a headline-hogging event, sold out months ahead, and doubtless the place would have been packed whatever Barenboim had played. As proof of that, the hall was by no means full for Stephen Hough's...

PROGRAM #3129, The Four Seasons, New Music-Style Part 2 (First aired on 10/20/2010) ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE Philip Glass; London Philharmonic cond. by Marin Alsop; Robert McDuffie, violin Glass: Violin Concerto No.2 - The American Four...

"He was a man with many thoughts going on in his mind, many ideas. "A lot of his time was actually spent teaching other musicians. He was just absorbed in music but he was not absorbed in himself." Stephen Hough joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra...

Mvmt II [10:28] Orange Mountain Music 0072 www.orangemountainmusic.com Mark O’Connor, The Metamorphosen Chamber Orchsetra, cond. by Scott Yoo The American Seasons Spring [7:39] Sony 89660 www.sonyclassical.com www.mark-oconnor.com Gidon Kremer / Kremerata...

So she got a warm welcome on this return to the Colston Hall, in appreciation of her role in building the orchestra into its present incarnation under Kirill Karabits. Curiously, though, in Beethoven's Overture Leonora No 3, Alsop's interpretation...