Finnish composer Kalevi Aho 's Seventh Symphony  ( Hyönteisinfonia , "Insect Symphony") may be the most high-minded work ever...

It's a fine line between inspired conceit and pure gimmick, one which many of the symphonists we've already introduced seem to strad...

Today we discuss a composer from the turn of the 19th Century whose four symphonies had until relatively recently fallen off the face of the...

Unsung Symphonies is proud to announce its first guest post, from Harvard Professor of Music Alex Rehding ! In addition to his wide-ranging ...

Middle America has given us two great musical Hansons. We're still waiting for a symphony to come from the Oklahoma-born Hanson clan who...

No musical landscape artist worth his salt leaves the subject of the ocean unpainted for too long. The orchestra is typically the preferred ...

To most classical listeners, Polish composer Henryk Górecki (pronounced Gore- ett -ski) is known only as a symphonist. The phenomenal succe...