Classical music, along with nature-inspired virtual reality landscapes, can help reduce blood pressure significantly, new ...

The mysterious story of the discovery of Schumann's only violin concerto. In March 1933, Baron Erik Kule Palmstierna – Sweden’s ambassador to London and an avid psychic researcher – was hosting a ...

Star tenor Andrea Bocelli is going on tour in 2027 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his breakthrough album Romanza, first released in September 1997. The album marks a particular moment in Bocelli ...

The yellow-peach “sun-glow” boa will appear at the Metropolitan Opera with performance artist Zoe Ziegfeld, who plays a snake ...

The Hallé orchestra has become the new home of around 1,500 items once belonging to the composer. The archive made a 3,500 ...

Researchers have found that lemurs use the ‘formant tuning’ technique taught to opera singers to reach the high notes.

Tchaikovsky soaks up the sounds of Rome and turns them into an infectious invitation to dance. Tchaikovsky's fantasy for orchestra is a richly descriptive portrait of Italy, written when the composer ...

The very designation ‘Caccini’s Ave Maria’ is one that provokes debate. Who is Caccini? And was the piece actually anything to do with him? The answer to the first question is easy: Caccini was a ...

5. Chopin's Nocturnes Between 1827 and 1846, Chopin wrote 21 Nocturnes for solo piano. From his dreamlike Nocturne in E Flat Major Op. 9 No. 2 to his posthumous Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Chopin's ...

John Rutter unashamedly composes instantly memorable tunes. In a world where so many composers believe music is no longer primarily about melody, Rutter stands out as someone who defiantly bucks that ...

Mozart has a dig at bad composers and even worse performers. Find out more about A Musical Joke, well-loved for its use as the theme to Horse of the Year show. Watch and listen to different recordings ...

Felix Mendelssohn is often viewed as a Classic-Romantic composer whose style paradoxically incorporated elements of formal balance and graceful control on the one hand, and romantic subjectivity and ...