The Story of the Baroque Concerto Grosso — The season opener explores the baroque concerto from its origins through masters of the genre, featuring works by Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Scarlatti, Muffat ...

I’m a recent convert to Bach keyboard music played on harpsichord, having recently immersed myself in the Erato box set containing Zuzana Růžičková’s Bach recordings made in the 1970s. Her preferred ...

A holiday album that cuts through seasonal glut, a late collaboration by Jim McNeely and Helmut Lachenmann’s string quartets ...

Handel’s “Messiah” is more than just a piece of classical music, it’s a tradition — as well as a box-office sensation. The packed pews at Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart holding 1,337 ...

As Michigan conductors wave their batons, symphony orchestras across the state are ready to take the stage and share ...

The region’s fall classical music season doesn’t start in earnest until after the leaves begin to turn. And then in no time it’s holiday season, when classical music companies and presenting venues ...

This Chicago Symphony Orchestra program running through Saturday offers an exciting glimpse into what Mäkelä, the group's music director designate, has in store for local audiences.

The symphony lives at the core of classical music. CPR Classical focuses on the robust 150 year period when key composers created the foundational architecture of the symphony. What is a symphony and ...

Seattle Symphony is up for three Grammy Awards (best orchestral performance, best classical instrumental solo and best contemporary classical composition) on Feb. 10 — a good reminder that we have a ...

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, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Classical music is rooted in the old world, but it pays careful mind to the present. Orchestras, opera companies, universities and foundations are constantly ...

When the first enslaved Africans landed on American shores in 1619, their musical traditions landed with them. Four centuries later, the primacy of African American music is indisputable, not only in ...