Classical Music

Erland Cooper’s slowly thawing call to arms
Climate protest

Erland Cooper’s slowly thawing call to arms

Composer Erland Cooper’s doomed installation at London’s Barbican Centre was an effective comment on climate change

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons reimagined by Michael Morpurgo and Daniel Pioro
Collaboration

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons reimagined by Michael Morpurgo and Daniel Pioro

Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons gets a thrilling reinvention in a collaboration between Michael Morpurgo, Daniel Pioro and the London Sinfonietta

Classical pianist RIOPY says anyone can learn to play this anxiety-busting tune in less than an hour. Does it work?
Interview

Classical pianist RIOPY says anyone can learn to play this anxiety-busting tune in less than an hour. Does it work?

This Mental Health Awareness Week, chart-topping pianist RIOPY has created a new work to help soothe anxiety. He says anyone can learn it in an hour or so…

Don’t silence the music. Turn it up
Paul McNamee

Don’t silence the music. Turn it up

BBC Singers: Internationally renowned choir deserved to dodge the axe
Choral

BBC Singers: Internationally renowned choir deserved to dodge the axe

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Is Lydia Tár based on a real person?
Film

Is Lydia Tár based on a real person?

Behind the wild man of Vienna: Who was the real Beethoven?
Classical music

Behind the wild man of Vienna: Who was the real Beethoven?

Music education: Private schools take initiative in face of government indifference
Classical music

Music education: Private schools take initiative in face of government indifference

The Kennedy dynasty’s darkest secret
opera

The Kennedy dynasty’s darkest secret

Hints of Scrooge at the Arts Council of England
Music

Hints of Scrooge at the Arts Council of England

Ludovico Einaudi: A meditative balm to the daily grind
classical music

Ludovico Einaudi: A meditative balm to the daily grind

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants
Music

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants

The solution to racism controversy in opera is staring us in the face
music

The solution to racism controversy in opera is staring us in the face

Why classical club night concerts are now the hottest ticket
Music

Why classical club night concerts are now the hottest ticket

The female composers you should be listening to on International Women’s Day
Music

The female composers you should be listening to on International Women’s Day

Terezín: Music the Nazis couldn’t silence
Music

Terezín: Music the Nazis couldn’t silence

The French horn maestro who plays using his feet
Music

The French horn maestro who plays using his feet

New versions of The Snowman score can’t cause its legacy to disappear
Claire Jackson

New versions of The Snowman score can’t cause its legacy to disappear

Where to catch some live Christmas music this year
Claire Jackson

Where to catch some live Christmas music this year

Pioneering opera about a transgender woman comes to the UK
Music

Pioneering opera about a transgender woman comes to the UK

Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Our home was rich with music
classical

Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Our home was rich with music

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Houses Slide: Opera star gets on her bike to tackle climate change
Music

Houses Slide: Opera star gets on her bike to tackle climate change

The orchestra determined to thrive in a Covid world
Music

The orchestra determined to thrive in a Covid world

In tribute to Dame Fanny Waterman, the nation’s piano teacher
Music

In tribute to Dame Fanny Waterman, the nation’s piano teacher

Celebrating Mozart properly takes time
Music

Celebrating Mozart properly takes time