Discover the fascinating origins and evolution of classical music, from ancient beginnings to legendary composers like Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, and Chopin. Dive deep into six key periods of music ...

Romantic composers were passionate, sensual and untrammelled in their desires. Sadly, this meant a surge in deaths a ...

This is a sponsored article on behalf of BBC Proms. Summer in London means many things, but to music lovers one thing trumps ...

The main credit for this wonderful concert goes to conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, whose ideas about these works and about the ...

Ever worked on something until it finally felt right? Beethoven certainly did. While revising his only opera, he wrote four different overtures before settling on one. Ironically, the one many people ...

There is something quietly remarkable about watching a 10-year-old walk onto a stage, bow to the audience and sit confidently ...

"Billy's been raised around classical music and requests it nonstop," the on-screen text shared. When no one sat down to play ...

People often ask me how they should listen to classical music. The answer is surprisingly simple: there is no right way.

There is a jovial intensity about the Jeremy Ledbetter Trio. As they launch vivaciously into the second set of their visit to ...

The Sixers star is no classical newbie. He listens to Beethoven when he has to "calm down" and has even played a duet with ...

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by John Williams, Mendelssohn and Thomas ...

Prokofiev’s Quintet, Op. 39, captivated with another unusual combination of instruments. The composer created this music for ...