Top 10 Classical era Composers
- Monday, January 24, 2022
The Classical era was dominated by many of the greatest composers in the history of music, including Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and Schubert
Features
Recording William Walton's Henry V
- Friday, January 21, 2022
One of the great British film scores reminds us of cinema's place in the composer's career
Video of the Day: Barbara Hannigan dances to Kurt Weill
- Friday, January 21, 2022
Barbara Hannigan performs Kurt Weill's 'Youkali' with the Ludwig Orchestra
After Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ Sonata, which music should you explore?
- Friday, January 21, 2022
Do you have a favourite piece and want to explore further? We suggest some musical journeys that venture beyond the most familiar works, with some recommended versions. Geraint Lewis’s point of departure is Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ Sonata
Video of the Day: Mozart's Piano Concerto No 9 (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet & Manchester Camerata)
- Thursday, January 20, 2022
Manchester Camerata and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet give a wonderful performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 9
Florence Price: Out of the shadows
- Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Thanks to a number of artists championing her work, the pioneering African American composer Florence Price is finally achieving the recognition she deserves, writes Andrew Farach-Colton
Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony: A deep dive into the best recordings
- Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Artistic salvation or forced rejoicing? David Gutman investigates Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, his ‘make or break’ response to ‘just criticism’ and the varied recordings it has inspired
David Le Page introduces Labyrinths – The Digital Concert
- Monday, January 17, 2022
The new digital concert from David Le Page and the Orchestra of the Swan features music by Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, Trish Clowes, Purcell, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Schubert and Bartók, and is free to stream now
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Watch the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie's 5th anniversary gala concert
- Friday, January 14, 2022
All-contemporary programme features music by John Adams, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Thomas Adès
Remembering Giovanni Bottesini
- Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Leon Bosch celebrates the bicentenary of his fellow double bassist
Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason interview: ‘When you start to have a career, it looks as though it has happened suddenly but it hasn’t. It takes many years’
- Tuesday, January 11, 2022
For their first recording as a duo, the cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his pianist-sister Isata have embraced cello sonatas by Rachmaninov and Barber, plus arrangements of songs by both composers, they tell Jeremy Nicholas
Saint-Saëns: Pioneer and paradox, rethinking the composer a century on
- Monday, January 10, 2022
Saint-Saëns was a complex, paradoxical composer who considered himself an eclectic, developed a nationalistic streak and tried not to display private emotion in his music. Tim Ashley makes the case that his originality is too easily overlooked
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Explore the Yamaha ‘Artist Insight’ podcast
- Friday, January 7, 2022
These podcasts are stimulating conversations, with Eley a thoughtful, empathetic host, helping these artists communicate their stories in their own words
New year, new tech – in its many musical forms
- Tuesday, January 4, 2022
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