Several centuries before there was any debate about the role of women in combat, Antonio Vivaldi tackled the issue head-on with his dramatic oratorio "Juditha Triumphans." Nicholas McGegan and the ...

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale has announced its lineup for The Power of Music—its first season curated by newly appointed Music Director Peter Whelan. Highlights include a semi-staged ...

If his Dvořák felt a little bland, with Bartók and Strauss’s Dance of the Seven Veils, the Royal Opera’s music director designate gave London audiences a glimpse of the vivid excitement he can bring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra. (Chris Christodoulou) Nothing happened in a hurry at Zellerbach Hall.

If you were to judge solely by the activity of orchestras and record companies, you could easily imagine that Mendelssohn wrote only two symphonies — the perennially popular “Italian” and “Scottish” — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorus (Frank Wild/Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra) Jewish music is often reduced to a handful ...

Andris Nelsons’s close attention to phrasing, balance and dynamics was compelling, while Paul Lewis’s Mozart was impeccable but self-contained Even though he is giving his considerable all at the ...

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Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The Rift, a personal history of modern music. He has been involved in music as a composer, ...