Love it or hate it, Pachelbel’s Canon in D is one of the most famous pieces of classical music of all time, but the facts behind the composition aren’t as well known. Classic FM busts the myths behind ...

As wedding traditions evolve, it becomes increasingly common to walk down the aisle to sappy, chart-toppers by Ed Sheeran or wistful acoustic covers of classic rock hits. But Johann Pachelbel’s “Canon ...

What this release – with the Pachelbel Canon, gracefully played, as its obvious draw – certainly creates is a brightly lit shop window for The English Concert’s approach to music of the 17th and 18th ...

Two music geeks accidentally created this ultimate fusion of high and low culture It starts with a loud, undignified squeak – then another, and another, the squeaks marching together in a strangely ...

Listen below to the canon, performed here on instruments from the Baroque period of music in which Pachelbel was writing. In the late 17 th century (or early 18 th, as historians aren’t sure), the ...

Pachelbel's "Canon in D" is one of the most famous and frequently heard works in the entire classical repertoire. However, Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) was very prolific, composing a large body of ...

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) was one of the most exceptional musical minds of his generation - a composer of brilliant choral and keyboard music and a huge influence on J.S Bach. Yet more than three ...

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