The great Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski was born 100 years ago last month, and we can only hope for a centennial outpouring of his gritty, brilliantly theatrical music throughout the year. Music ...

With the nuclear crisis in Japan creating existential concerns internationally, not least for musicians who had plans to travel to or from the nation in the coming weeks, the music of Witold ...

The weekend concerts at Orchestra Hall were the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s version of a holiday blowout sale. And they were based on shrewd programming. First you lure consumers with beloved brand ...

A series of climactic moments mark Esa-Pekka Salonen’s latest Los Angeles Philharmonic program -- the subtle, multicolored final moments of Ravel’s “Mother Goose” suite; the unsubtle, whirlwind ...

Every sound in Witold Lutoslawski’s exquisitely made music seems there for a purpose, although what that purpose is can be hard to say. One thing in the Polish composer’s scores generally leads to ...

Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, designs programs for listeners who really like music. By that I mean, listeners who go to concerts often, listeners who buy and ...

The Los Angeles Philharmonic is making a splash on iTunes. The orchestra recorded two concerts in its Minimalist Jukebox festival a few weeks back for the online music provider, both of which promptly ...

This compilation of Witold Lutoslawski's four symphonies, released in time to celebrate the Polish composer's centennial, is a revelation and a confirmation of what we already knew. The revelation is ...

The orchestral showpiece that helps open the Round Top Music Festival on Saturday, Witold Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra, has deep roots. The Polish composer, born in Warsaw in 1913, took many ...

In 1934, the Los Angeles Philharmonic learned its “Leonora” No. 2 from one of history’s most celebrated Beethoven conductors, Otto Klemperer, the orchestra’s music director at the time. By then, it ...