A little while ago, I wrote a blog on the 10 most beautiful piano trios and your response was overwhelming. Thank you so much for your encouraging comments, and also for suggesting additional works that should have been included. To

Gold from the New World flooded Spain in the 16th century, and musical culture followed it. Charles V travelled with his capilla flamenca, his Flemish chapel that accompanied him around Spain and into his northern empire. Singers and composers of

Svetlana Andreeva is a Ukrainian pianist and a winner of numerous international piano competitions, including the Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz and the Scriabin International Piano Competition in Moscow. In January 2023, she collaborated with The Royal Scottish National

William Vincent Wallace (1812-1865) might not be a household name nowadays, but he was one of the major composers of Romantic English opera. And while his opera Maritana, which had a triumphant première at London’s Drury Lane Theatre on 15

Over 300 years ago, the three Choirs of the cathedrals of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester decided to hold an annual music festival at the end of July. The origins of the annual music meetings of the “Three Choirs” were outlined

Meet Christian Schittenhelm, an acclaimed French composer of the Hymne de la ville de Paris and was once awarded the Prix académique Sacem. Many of his works are widely performed, and two of his symphonic poems were chosen by Marcel

In a recent recording of Béla Bartók’s third string quartet, violist Stanley Konopka created a new transcription of the work for a double-string orchestra. He was inspired by a string orchestra arrangement of Beethoven’s ultimate statement for string quartet, the

Places and landscapes, both real and imagined, are a rich source of inspiration for composers, resulting in atmospheric and evocative music, some of which was actually written while the composers were travelling or on holiday… Take a short tour with