Australian Broadcasting Corporation

1000 Years of Classical Music: Mozart Requiem

Copy of a portrait of Mozart from 1777 by Padre Martini of Bologna. The summer of 1791 saw Mozart hard at work on not one, but two operas. The Magic Flute was mostly complete by July when it was ...

Key Changes: Radio 3's Essential History of Classical Music

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American Songwriter

3 Eternal Songs from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Introduce You to Classical Music Greatness

When you’re young, you want the hits. Those songs that enliven you, connect you to pop culture and showcase some of the major players on the music scene who are shaping the future. But after you live ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

1000 Years of Classical Music: Mozart Piano Concertos

Mozart wrote three of his finest piano concertos, nos 23, 24 and 25, in a single year. Beauty, passion and grace combine as the piano engages in an intimate dialogue with the orchestra. Watching a ...
The Washington Post

‘Mozart in the Jungle’ and entertainment’s classical-music problem

Last month, Amazon posted the entire first season — 10 episodes — of a new series about classical music, "Mozart in the Jungle." The series, which stars such luminaries as Bernadette Peters, Malcolm ...
The New Criterion

Classical music at the crossroads

If you’re like me, conversations about the line between Classical and Romantic music can cause you to shudder at memories of cramming for music theory tests in middle school. Composers in Vienna in ...
NPR

From Mozart To Michael Jackson: Classical Contenders

This is one of the groups that has really helped to shape the future of classical music. You might've heard this term "indie classical" or "alt classical" being kicked around, and this scene is really ...