The moment anyone states that something or other is the first of its kind, an earlier incarnation usually turns up. In the case of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Septet for Piano Trio and String Quartet, ...

Arnold Schoenberg, by Egon Schiele, 1917. Public domain image. The St. Cecilia Chamber Music Society 2014-15 season continues Tuesday, November 25, with a recital titled Metamorphosis and ...

3 Cast Set for SOMEBODY TO LOVE World Premiere at Rubicon Theatre Company In Focus, curated by LACO Concertmaster Margaret Batjer, opens with Strauss's memorial elegy Metamorphosen for String Septet, ...

Clarinetist Sabine Meyer and her ensemble, called the Sabine Meyer Winds, join a few string players to perform Beethoven's Septet for Winds and Strings. We hear them in concert at the Schwetzingen ...

In 1881, Saint-Saens contributed this music to a Parisian chamber music society called "La Trompette." He wrote it for a septet: piano, string quartet, double bass, and, of course, trumpet. Here's the ...