For centuries the world of classical music has been a somewhat one-sided story, with some brilliant music written by Black composers being wrongly neglected. October is Black History Month, and this ...
If are looking to find its true essence, though, no one individual fits the description more than 75-year-old keyboardist and composer Rick Wakeman. Wakeman has since been in and out of the official ...
Prêtre’s famous 1961 performance of the Organ Concerto with Maurice ... Listen out for the castanets, more audible than in ...
The approach is to think about, if I were both in conversation with Beethoven, but also if Beethoven himself were here today, ...
Leonard Bernstein was a tortured genius, and even though Bradley Cooper’s much-hyped biopic of 2023, Maestro, did not quite ...
Pianist, composer, and writer Ethan Iverson will release his next album Playfair Sonatas digitally and as a 2-CD set ...
One of the 20th century’s most enduring, endearing works of classical music, George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” was ...
Suntook highlights the orchestra's growing reputation: "There is evidence from the recent concerts featuring Maestro Zubin ...
“You may not realise it, but you are likely to have encountered classical music in many areas of your life already. Works by ...
Pianist Jeffrey Biegel will perform "Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue," which he commissioned from composer Peter Boyer and is ...
So far, most of our focus ... An archetypal piece for this is Erik Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1, a timeless piano solo that envelopes the listener and treats tired muscles to a sonic massage. To optimize ...
The Canton Symphony this month will feature an acclaimed British violinist and a 'Star Wars' family show. Even the conductor ...