An orchestral classic becomes an acrobatic masterpiece for four cellists, and a single instrument. Maurice Ravel’s Bolero has long been a test of skill, nerve and endurance for snare drummers, who are ...

These violists decided to make their feelings of boredom during Ravel’s epic Bolero known… Bolero is one of the most iconic orchestral pieces ever written, known for its inventive repetition, its ...

Writing to a friend shortly after finishing the work, Ravel described it as having “no form in the true sense of the word, no development, and hardly any modulation”. And to the Swiss composer Arthur ...