The Victorian era saw a proliferation of classical music organisations, beginning with the Philharmonic Society, 1813, and the Royal Academy of Music, 1822, both keenly promoting Beethoven's music.

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

October 15, 2024 • Jennifer Koh is shaking up the long-established chamber music series at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. An example of that is her collaboration with pianist-composer ...

An unknown waltz by Chopin has been found. By Javier C. Hernández I’m a reporter covering classical music, opera and dance. As The Times’s classical music reporter, I don’t often get ...

From Handel-inspired 'Yellow Submarine' to a fugue-like 'Hey Jude,' the MPO's genre-bending Beatles concert brought classical and pop fans together in perfect harmony.

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR CLASSICAL ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

The major video streaming services don’t offer much for classical music lovers. Fortunately, we've rounded up the platforms dedicated to the chamber, opera, and orchestral art forms (among ...

The Victoria Baroque ensemble's season opens Nov. 1 at St. John the Divine church with "Spirit and Song", featuring Bach's ...

The epithet “autumnal” is often applied to the music of Johannes Brahms, and this fall classical fans have a one-day treat in store: The Vancouver Recital Society offers two different concerts Sunday, ...

Compiled by the Official Charts Company, the UK's biggest specialist classical albums of the week, based on sales of digital bundles, CDs, vinyl and other formats, across a seven day period.

M. Butterfly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barbican ★★☆☆☆ Puccini’s opera Madam Butterfly is such a ...

Well, Sarah, a “toccata” (and yes, that’s Italian — from “toccare," to touch) is a musical composition, primarily for ...