The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. has been presenting concerts for more than 50 years. We stop by a performance that took place last season to hear some French and German music played by ...

Be grateful that Albert Roussel became a composer at all. Born in 1869 and orphaned at a young age, he was a talented pianist who joined the French navy as a teenager. Music was an enjoyable ...

The story of Bacchus and Ariadne is based on events that happen after Ariadne helps Theseus escape from the Minotaur and guides him through the labyrinth. Bacchus chases Theseus away and then consoles ...

For his 1913 pantomime ballet "Le Festin de l'Araignée" ("The Spider's Feast"), Albert Roussel owes a clear debt to Ravel and Debussy. While the diaphanous textures and fanciful conceit of this insect ...

Albert Roussel brings together French and Germanic traditions in his energetic Third Symphony, which combines long, jazzy chords with sharp motifs to create a Symphony dense with colour, contrast and ...