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The acclaimed Swedish-American conductor performed the final concert in his seven-decade career earlier this year, at the age ...

Beethoven’s music is all the more amazing because he wrote so much of it when he was almost or totally deaf. At the end of the premiere of the Ninth Symphony, the composer had to be turned around to ...

Young Classical Stars with Charlotte Hawkins, Fridays 9pm-10pm. Join Charlotte for a special programme championing some of the best up-and-coming classical musicians. Across the series, Charlotte ...

Composed in 1887, Fauré's graceful Pavane was originally a piano piece, based on a traditional Spanish court dance. It’s another perfect example of Fauré refining his musical ideas into miniature form ...

Johann Strauss senior was a major figure in Viennese musical life – but nowadays, he’s not the Strauss most people remember. While Strauss the elder wrote some popular tunes (not least this, his ...

Johannes Brahms was one of the romantic period's most conflicted musical characters, and his symphonies are the perfect way to find out why... The image of Brahms the curmudgeon with his hands firmly ...

'Sheep may Safely Graze' Johann Sebastian Bach Download ''Sheep may Safely Graze'' on iTunes ...

4. Early compositions Between the ages of 12 and 14, Mendelssohn wrote 12 string symphonies influenced by Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. His first published work, a piano quartet, was written by the time ...

Fauré: 15 facts about the Great Composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) was one of the most influential of French composers, linking the end of Romanticism with the beginnings of the modern era. His ...

String Quartet No.1 in D major Opus 11 (2) Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Download 'String Quartet No.1 in D major Opus 11 (2)' on iTunes ...

Symphony No.6 in B minor Opus 74 (2) Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Download 'Symphony No.6 in B minor Opus 74 (2)' on iTunes ...