Classical Music

music

Ludwig van Beethoven’s career is commonly organized into three compositional periods: Early, Middle, and Late. This framework helps listeners and scholars trace how his langua...

performing-arts

Black opera singers have reshaped classical and operatic canons while breaking racial barriers across centuries of performance. This evergreen explainer profiles pioneering arti...

music-structure

A classical sonata usually presents two to four movements, with the three-movement layout most common for solo instrumental works from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In...

technology

When you use an app to recognize classical music, it compares the sound to a large catalog of recordings to identify the piece, composer, and sometimes the exact movement. These...

music

When asking what Mozart's most famous symphony is, many listeners mean which work is most often performed, recorded, and recognized beyond classical music circles. While popular...

music

A string quartet is an ensemble of two violins, a viola, and a cello, and the term also refers to the multi-movement composition written for that ensemble. Emerging in the late...

music-sleep

For most listeners, the best classical music for sleep prioritizes slow tempi, predictable dynamics, and smooth, unbroken melodic lines that gently guide attention away from str...

classical-music-biography

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began composing his Requiem in early 1791 and worked on it intermittently until his death in December of that year. He accepted the commission under ambi...

Radio

WCRB is Boston’s primary classical public radio station, offering orchestral performances, recitals, interviews, and cultural features for listeners across New England and bey...

music

This overview clarifies how to think about Maria João Pires concerts rather than asserting a fixed list from any single year. As a concert pianist of substantial standing, Pire...