Suk wrote his serenade at the suggestion of his teacher Dvorak. It was Suk’s first great success with long tuneful melodies. Czech folk tunes are suggested throughout – but never used. It is an ...

Antonin Dvorak helped revive string-orchestra music with a famous serenade in 1875. A few years later, Tchaikovsky followed in his footsteps with his own Serenade for Strings, which we feature, ...

When I saw the poster design for the Iowa City Community String Orchestra’s spring concert on Sunday April 14 at 3 p.m., I wept tears of joy. It was still freezing out, snow and ice were everywhere, ...