Seattle Symphony The very opening of Erich Korngold’s violin concerto demonstrates why he was the premier film composer of the silver screen’s Golden Age. The solo violin’s upward-arcing first phrase ...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was 50 years old at the time of the 1947 debut of his Violin Concerto in D Major, a lyrical and exuberant work begun a decade earlier. The half-century mark can seem ...

Well, it was an idea. After presenting Erich Wolfgang Korngold's lushly romantic Die tote Stadt four years ago, the Dallas Opera decided to program the composer's effervescent first opera, the one-act ...

Ronald reagan considered “Kings Row” (1942) his best work as an actor. Beyond its presidential cast, the small-town melodrama has another claim to fame. Moviegoers may find its lavish soundtrack ...