Next month, a biopic of Vivaldi opens in cinemas. Primavera shows the composer as a proper moody genius who writes music late into the night. Michele Riondino’s portrayal of him as driven, obsessive ...

There’s been some lovely music composed for Easter, including a brand-new recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Easter Oratorio, which he wrote to celebrate the holiday in Leipzig, Germany, in 1725.

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Italian-Irish dance? The Mediterranean and the Emerald Isle collide in an electrifying artistic mash-up... Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is one of classical music’s most beloved and most interpreted ...

I started playing Vivaldi’s Winter on a public piano in London, bringing the powerful classical piece into a busy street. As the fast and dramatic melody began to build, people passing by slowly ...

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic mark Smetana’s bicentenary in peerless style, while the countertenor and Accademia Bizantina contemplate the Virgin Mary Happy birthday Bedřich Smetana! This ...

It's a brave new musical world. Between downloads, iPods, music sharing websites and the good old CD, we have more easy access to the songs and symphonies we love than ever before. In this visit to ...