The Welsh composer Karl Jenkins – almost as famous for his remarkable moustache as for his music – is, quite simply, a phenomenon in contemporary music. And this, his Mass for Peace, is the primary ...

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Classic FM Live with Viking is returning to the Royal Albert Hall in October 2026! Tickets are available now via the Royal ...

The Hobbit’ actor Richard Armitage presents a brand-new series on classical music and theatre on Sunday evenings.

Meet the Mozart family - the people that were closest to Wolfgang himself throughout his life. In 1756 Leopold Mozart was 37, his wife one year younger and they had daughter who was not yet five. The ...

Shostakovich was most definitely a light-and-shade composer. On the one hand, we have the intense, expansive orchestral works, full of grand political gestures and complex musical ideas. On the other, ...

A light music classic, well-known to veteran radio listeners. Ronald Binge was a British composer and arranger of light music. This is probably his best known composition. When it was first played by ...

Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins (2) Johann Sebastian Bach Download 'Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins (2)' on iTunes ...

Howard Shore’s epic Middle-earth music is voted No.1 in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame 2026. Canadian composer ...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. New York's Musical Courier was not so far from the mark when it reported in 1897: ...

It’s Christmas Eve in Paris. A young poet, an artist and their landlord are celebrating in their flat. What could possibly go wrong? New Zealand trio Sol3 Mio pick up the story - in a two-minute video ...