Max Bruch resented that his First Violin Concerto (of three) achieved widespread fame while the rest of his output was largely neglected. But with its brooding melodies, unusual form, and joyous ...

Seen as one of his best pieces, Bruch composed this famous violin work in 1866 - and set himself up as something of a one-hit wonder. This former No. 1 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame has fallen from ...

At the age of 30, Max Bruch wrote a violin concerto that would still be sitting at the top of radio listeners’ polls more than a century later; he spent the rest of his career trying to repeat the ...

We rank the all-time great, most stirring violin concertos… from Bruch and Beethoven, to Mozart and Marsalis, here are the very best. The violin is one of the most expressive instruments in the ...

Max Bruch’s Second Violin Concerto has had a rough deal from posterity. In many ways it’s a much more distinctive and personal work than his enduringly popular First Concerto, much less in awe of ...

Samantha Fan, a fourth-year PhD student in Psychology, will perform the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 with the University Symphony Orchestra at Mandel Hall Saturday, Dec. 1. She is one of the winners of ...