Yolanda Kondonassis has played a lot of contemporary harp concertos. Her new recording, American Rapture, features the world premiere of one written especially for her by American composer Jennifer ...

Bright Sheng’s Never Far Away offers a modern take on the harp concerto, blending Western classical tradition with Chinese folk influences. Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis performs this unique fusion of ...

This carefully programmed disc concentrates on the works Mozart produced during his sojourn in Paris in the spring of 1778, a period that was a major turning point in his life in several ways. It saw ...

When you think of harmonica, it's easy to consider the instrument in the context of country, bluegrass or blues music. But Tucson composer Jay Vosk hears it paired with chamber orchestra in a more ...

Jazz pianist John Turville spotted this harmonica player performing Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor on the London Underground - and as he says: "This is why this is the best city in the world." ...

After writing his third symphonic piece for harmonica and orchestra, two words crowded the thoughts of bluesman Corky Siegel: Never again. The work of writing for a symphony was too tedious, too ...