Cannons, fireworks, trumpets, and drums – with the whole orchestra to play with, classical music is the perfect accompaniment ...

As usual, my retrospective list of the “best” classical and opera offerings of the year has a lot more to do with lasting impressions than definitive rankings. This was a year of big tours and bold ...

Julia Wolfe’s UnEarth will be on at the Barbican in January - Barbican As the winter evenings draw in, music becomes a solace as well as a pleasure. So far this year we’ve enjoyed a Proms season for ...

Naysayers be damned. Classical music on record continues to thrive, or so it seems judging from the plethora of boxed sets that have come our way this year. As ever, milestone birthdays were ...

Do you miss the ’80s? Well, just tune into your local classic rock station, problem solved! According to Mediabase, a music ...

Lately it seems like every year, when I look back on my favorite classical albums, I always think, "Well, let's face it: It's been a pretty cruel year, and this is the music that helped get me through ...

But this has been a year above all for the best of festival planning, the sort where you feel enriched by connecting threads.

We call common time, common time, for good reason: whether classic rock, pop, or country, the vast majority of modern music tends to avoid odd meter in favor of the most prolific of all time ...

The album Revolución Diamantina, with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is devoted to the music of Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz. The year 2024 was an emotional roller coaster ...

The year 2024 was an emotional roller coaster. Wars kept rampaging, a tortured election season further divided an already polarized nation and climate change served up the most scorching summer on ...