After accepting a commission by an amateur Dutch flutist for three flute concerti and some flute quartets, Mozart struggled to meet the deadline. He wrote to his father, “…you know that I become quite ...

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 ...

Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck has always been fascinated by the rituals, secrecy and questions shrouding Mozart’s demise. The prolific composer, though immortalized in classical music, died in ...

Jennifer Gersten, a doctoral student in violin performance at Stony Brook University, is an editor at Guernica and the winner of the 2018 Rubin Prize for Music Criticism. Follow @jenwgersten Let the ...

Enjoy the calming sounds of classical music to a bring a sense of tranquillity, and reflection into to your day. Featuring peaceful orchestral, piano, and choral works. Show more Enjoy the calming ...

It’s mind-boggling to think that when Mozart composed his only Clarinet Quintet (K. 581) in 1789, his esteem in Vienna had fallen so low that he was writing uncredited arias for operas by lesser ...