Instead of finishing his masterpiece “Khovanshchina,” Modest Mussorgsky is drunk in a ditch. His friend Nikolai ...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. New York's Musical Courier was not so far from the mark when it reported in 1897: ...

Rimsky-Korsakov would have been delighted. The Battle Mountain and Eagle Valley girls soccer symphony had a “Capriccio Espagnol” feel to it: Priscila Rico blasted an attention-getting opening goal two ...

With assured leadership by the young Uzbek guest conductor Aziz Shokhakimov, the audience responded to all three pieces — ...

Despite the meagre amount of his music heard regularly today, Rimsky-Korsakov’s place in Russian music cannot be overstated. Compared with the music of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, a meagre amount of ...