Classical News

Winter hasn't even arrived but the Boston Symphony Orchestra is already planning for summer.

Sir Edward Elgar might be one of the best known British composers, but playing the trombone did not number among his many musical skills.

As a warmup for the holiday season, the Southern Oregon Repertory Singers are presenting a collection of songs celebrating the ups, downs and foibles of such human passions as romance, coffee and tobacco - and to demonstrate that J.S. Bach and his fellows of the Baroque era did something other than compose church music.

Beck has his tribute to Harry Partch up on his website. Even better, he has some streams of music by Harry Partch.

There's a French accent to this week's Dallas Symphony Orchestra program. The Bizet C-major Symphony and Ravel Bolero are obvious entries, Haydn's Symphony No.

The company that publishes Reader's Digest is planning to vacate its longtime suburban headquarters, the CEO said Wednesday.

The classical string sextet Concertante performs live for Candlelight Concerts this Saturday, Nov.

Pianist-composer Michel Camilo laughs as he recalls one particular performance of his Piano Concerto, several years ago at Royal Albert Hall in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin conducting.

RK SRIKANTAN, who turns 90 January next, is the seniormost Carnatic classical vocalist of the state.

Richard Griffiths as Fitz and Alex Jennings as Henry in Alan Bennett's 'The Habit of Art.' A National Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Alan Bennett.

Classical WETA will be broadcasting Mahler's Symphony #7 tonight at 9 PM; followed by a broadcast at 11:05 PM of Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with Dame Janet Baker.

That was just over half of what the band's previous #1, the country-tinged Lost Highway , did in its first week in 2007.

IN these days of economic gloom and dark, chilly nights, an evening of froth and utter silliness comes as a welcome respite.

Author Eric Siblin is shown in a handout photo. Siblin considered playing a different tune when he wrote the first words of his Governor General's Award-nominated first book, "The Cello Suites." THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Marcie Richstone MONTREAL - The same day he was passed over for a Governor General's Award, Eric Siblin won two Quebec Writers' ...

Berlin - A German orchestra announced plans on Tuesday to play a concert in a brothel in a novel effort to bring classical music "out of the concert hall and to where people are". Punters and employees at the Eros Centre in Leipzig would be treated to six musicians and a singer from the city's Forum for Contemporary Music performing "erotic" works, ...

There was a real treat in store for the Dome faithful when top clarinettist Emma Johnson was the star soloist for a wonderful concert of contrasts.

Let's face it, the world of classical music is fairly far off the radar screen for most people in this country.

British director Jonathan Kent has a background in dramatic theater in the U.K. 'Die Frau Ohne Schatten' believed to be Richard Strauss's favorite and most musically challenging opera, is coming to the Russian stage for the first time.

A study by Nokia into the musical tastes of nearly 4,000 twins reveals genetic influences on the music people like varies with genre.

FANS of the ballet will have the chance to catch one of Tchaikovsky's world famous classics The Nutcracker when the highly acclaimed Vienna Festival Ballet Company return to the region.