Singing Haydn’s optimistic choral music is the life-enhancing experience we need in today's troubled times, writes Richard ...

Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago Sunday. He was, by any measure, a prolific composer. In addition to the five dozen or so string quartets, he wrote hundreds of trios, piano sonatas, oratorios, masses, ...

The American Classical Orchestra has unveiled its 41st season in 2025-26, with performances spanning four orchestral concerts led by Founder and Artistic Director Thomas Crawford at Alice Tully Hall, ...

Haydn's keyboard music needs this sort of persuasive advocacy. Four sonatas and a set of variations is a lot to pack in to a single disc, but the composer’s inability to waffle on is his greatest ...

The easiest way for amateur music lovers to get to know orchestral pieces used to be through piano transcriptions and chamber arrangements. Liszt’s versions of Beethoven symphonies are the genre’s ...

A small step in the evolution of the trumpet. “Ear Trumpet 1”. Photo by Eknath Gomphotherium, used with permission. We’re back with a new episode! Whooo! How did the trumpet morph from a simple horn ...

You know the trend toward symphony orchestras marketing their own musical products has reached its apogee when the venerable Vienna Philharmonic starts doing it. This three-CD set includes seven Haydn ...

Amazon mp3: NA | Amazon CD: $15 | ArkivMusic: $17 | Qobuz download: £11.5 - 15.5 (Hi-Res) | iTunes mp3: $12 The idea of combining the music of Joseph Haydn with that of György Ligeti is an inspired ...

FORT WORTH - The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on Saturday night continued its three-concert minifestival featuring three fathers of the classical symphonic style. Covering a span of 27 years, the ...

HUNTINGTON — The sounds of composer Joseph Haydn filled Spring Valley High School on Saturday as the Huntington Symphony Orchestra took its music on the road. Offered as part of a special “pay what ...