To mark the birthday anniversary of composer Igor Stravinsky (b. June 17, 1882) classical host Cale Wiggins sets the record straight about riots and The Rite. Stravinsky's monumental work will be ...

There’s nothing new about millennials having an uninhibited dance party. But it’s not every night that the music is Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” The occasion was a collaboration between Boston ...

A “long-delayed overhaul” at the St. Petersburg Conservatory has resulted in the rediscovery of an important work by Russian modernist composer Igor Stravinsky after a century-long absence, according ...

There's a lovely online article by pianist Jeremy Denk entitled Why I Hate the Goldberg Variations, to which one answer is that they're too popular, “like a trendy bar that (infuriatingly) keeps ...

As a fan of those large scale compositions called “symphonies,” you have arrived at a crossroads. You can easily identify Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony by the first four notes (da-da-da-DAAAAH!), you are ...

Handel's brief Italian period was crucial to his musical development, lasting from 1706 to 1710, just before his arrival in London. Stefano Russomanno's booklet essay to this superb anthology suggests ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule 'Jazz: America's classical music' (pianist and educationalist Dr Billy ...

On Jan. 28, 1936, Dmitri Shostakovich woke up to read a sternly worded condemnation of his music in the official Soviet newspaper, Pravda. Never mind that the work in question (his opera “Lady Macbeth ...

Actresses Dame Helen Mirren and Celia Imrie, who star in Netflix’s upcoming The Thursday Murder Club, spoke to Classic FM about their love of classical music and growing up in musical families. Helen ...

Here is a list of classical music performances in L.A. for Nov. 24-Dec. 1: Back to Back Bach Tesserae Baroque presents solo lute and chamber works by Bach featuring lutenist Thomas Dunford.