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The Seasons – review

4695 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonFirst performed in 1801, The Seasons was Haydn's last oratorio and has a reputation for being something of a problem piece. Its depiction of a divinely appointed, rationally ordered natural universe, populated solely by a cheerful rur... more info

Amadis de Gaule – review

4695 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Opéra Comique in Paris has resurrected Johann Christian Bach's opera after 230 years of slumberJohann Christian was the last of J S Bach's 11 sons and the only one to have tried his hand at opera. He was known as the Great Bach, having started h... more info

Review: Masterful Mozart program magically lights up California Theater

4697 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaThe Symphony Silicon Valley made a Mozart score the highlight of an engaging, enjoyable concert Saturday evening at the California Theater. more info

Unthinkable? Lost music refound

4699 days ago
Guardian MusicThe rediscovery of a previously unknown 1853 Albumblatt for Piano in A minor by Brahms is welcome on many countsSince his death in 1897, the flow of new music by Johannes Brahms has inevitably dried up. Apart from two Intermezzos and an E flat Waltz ... more info

How to survive in an opera chorus

4700 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom Berg to Bizet, bridesmaids to beggars, chorus members have to be up for pretty much anything. Henrietta Bredin talks to singers from ENO and Opera NorthAn airless studio in West Hampstead, London, fluorescent lights flickering overhead. A group... more info

In Search of Haydn – review

4700 days ago
Guardian MusicA study of composer Joseph Haydn that's refreshingly straightforward and intelligent in approachHere is a film that argues for a greater appreciation of Joseph Haydn's music; it follows on from Grabsky's previous studies of Mozart and Beethoven, and ... more info

The weekend's Symphony Silicon Valley concerts will be a family affair

4701 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaFor the first time in 12 years, guest conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein and his wife, violist Patricia Whaley, will collaborate in concert -- on Mozart's darkly delectable Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola. The work will also feature violin sol... more info

Sultan Khan

4706 days ago
Guardian MusicOutstanding exponent of the sarangi, he helped it to become accepted as a solo instrument in its own rightOf all north Indian musical instruments, the sarangi comes nearest to reproducing the human voice and is therefore the ideal accompaniment to a ... more info

From Liszt to Hendrix: the love affair of musicians and their instruments | Tom Service

4709 days ago
Guardian MusicViolinists may not be able to recognise a Stradivari, but the mystical relationship between man and instrument is strongIt's a critical commonplace to say, when a performance has touched the heights of instrumental brilliance, that the performer and ... more info

My favourite film: Amadeus

4723 days ago
Guardian MusicDavid Shariatmadari continues our writers' favourite film series with Milos Forman's opulent tale of Mozart and his rivalDid this review hit the right note? Write your own review here or get composing in the comments belowThere are films that take yo... more info

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