CLASSICAL

Franz Liszt gained a formidable and deserved reputation during his long life, as a virtuoso pianist and composer. For many pianists studying and performing the … Read more

We enter a weighty, academic world when exploring the title above. It’s a fascinating and consuming aspect of the study of music but one that … Read more

Opera buff or not, you are unlikely not to recognise the title above of one of WA Mozart’s most discussed, analysed and performed operas: The … Read more

The way I intend to explore this question is both modern in terms of modern classical music and modern popular music. Both genres have evolved … Read more

This article is going to give two highly important periods of Western Classical Music a chance to square up to one another and discover how … Read more

Spanish music dominates the country’s festivals and celebrations. The country’s diverse regions produce and enjoy various sounds, from flamboyant flamenco to alternative rock, pop, and … Read more

If you visit Austria today, and in particular Salzburg, you could be forgiven for thinking that WA Mozart was a manufacturer of chocolate or liqueurs. … Read more

Blues is a musical form and a musical genre. The term “blues” derives from its initial relationship with gloomy issues and sounds. When we have … Read more

Even if you have not come across the term minimalist about music, the chances are you have listened to minimalist music. Since Michael Nyman coined … Read more

If you ask almost anyone to name a classical composer, they are highly likely to name Mozart. In part, this is because his music has … Read more

A page filled with music notes can look confusing to the untrained eye. But, when you learn the names of the notes, it all soon … Read more

This, perhaps, is not a topic for the faint-hearted. From the word, you may already have guessed what this means in terms of physical alteration, … Read more