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.
Yes, Sibelius did write piano music, though not a lot of it gets heard. A recent BIS collection featured original pieces and transcriptions played on the composer's own piano, and Glenn Gould recorded ...
On Tuesday, October 25 at 8:00PM at Alice Tully Hall, The American Classical Orchestra, comprised of some of the world's leading period violinists, will present Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Violinists ...
Stravinsky's long career is traversed in black and white here, with ballet scores early and late accompanying a pair of shorter works. Petrushka and Agon are both masterpieces of orchestral colour, ...
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 ...