Rivers have long served as symbols of life, movement and transformation. They carve through landscapes, nurture communities and carry stories from one shore to another. The Yakima Symphony Orchestra ...

Having spent the last eight days in the Santa Cruz Mountains and having walked many a forest path, I began to consider the greatest music inspired by nature. What follows is by no means a ...

Reykjavik is a long way from the banks of the Moldau River, but the Iceland Symphony still manages to bring a flowing feel to music by Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. The Moldau, or "Vltva," as ...

I went to Czechoslovakia in a fourth-grade music appreciation class. Of course, it was only in my head; I was listening to “The Moldau,” by 19th century Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. It depicts the ...