French Baroque Music – Music by Leclair, Lalande, Couperin, Rameau Jean-François Paillard (Erato) I’m a little suspicious of orchestras named after their conductors, though it was recently pointed out ...

“Necroclassical”. Now, there’s a musical genre that I can safely say I’ve never heard before. In fact, it’s probably safe to say that it’s a new genre for many of you as well as it’s a term coined by ...

To better understand the pleasures of the symphony, Melanie Lowe, an assistant professor of musicology at Vanderbilt University, tries on some historical ears. In Pleasure and Meaning in the Classical ...

At first glance, you might think Beethoven’s Wig 4 – Dance Along Symphonies CD ($11.99) is for parents who thought their babies would be geniuses if they were exposed to Mozart in utero. It’s actually ...

I’ve had dozens of conversations that discussed the greatest symphonies of all time. I’ve read dozens of articles on the same topic. The usual suspects are all there, Beethoven’s Ninth, Mahler’s Ninth ...

The San Francisco Symphony’s rebrand aims to draw in a wider audience. Times have been changing at the San Francisco Symphony. Michael Tilson Thomas, the orchestra’s music director of 25 years, ...

Sometimes a coincidence of timing puts in perspective how culturally rich we are in this community. One of the most difficult ...

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – Celebrating a major milestone, Classical Tahoe Music Festival will return for its 15th season from ...

For a space that’s associated with some of the most beautiful music that humankind has ever produced, the cacophony in the Fox Theater’s elegant concert hall is unusual. The atmosphere is, to ...

The new Mason Bates opera “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” and the Laurie Anderson-Kronos Quartet collaboration “Landfall” were among the classical music winners at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, while ...

Movement and some physical responses—including heart rate, breathing rate, and the electrical conductivity of skin (suggesting excitement)—may synchronize between audience members at classical ...