THE BASICS: The BPO Classics Series, titled SHOSTAKOVICH NO. 5, opened Friday, February 6 at 10:30 (a “coffee concert”) and will conclude Saturday, February 7 at 7:30 at Kleinhans Music Hall, with ...

(CNN) — Completing the cycle from book to movie to musical to movie musical, “The Color Purple” lands on screen with its vibrant colors intact, opening up the musical numbers for the screen and ...

In addition to brilliant VISUAL colors, there can be “color” in music, too. You’ll hear a rainbow of musical colors includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, a suite for trumpet – ...

Download “Real Long Time” and “Humming with the Flowerbirds.” Or stream the tracks below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. When the organ grows past ...

Costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck and choreographer Fatima Robinson talk about their love for the 1985 film and making the story their own for a new musical version. When director Blitz ...

The word “spectrum” came up in almost every interview with the Oscar-contending composers spotlighted in this issue. Sometimes it was about favoring the lighter or darker ends of an emotional range, ...