BOSTON — What can music teach us about war? As images of the catastrophe in Ukraine flood our daily lives — the crumble of bombed city blocks, the looming plumes of black smoke, the obscenity of ...

Simon Rattle's farewell concert with the London Symphony Orchestra was, of course, Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the farewell of all farewells. But on a happier note, Rattle led a performance of Benjamin ...

Giancarlo Guerrero likes to end the Nashville Symphony’s final classical program of the season with a major choral work. The arrangement provides a bit of spectacle and also allows the orchestra to ...

Unlike several orchestras, the Minnesota Orchestra doesn’t have an out-of-town, summer spot where it performs outdoor ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Friday-Sunday. British composer and conductor Benjamin Britten was born more than 100 years ago, but his work continues to reverberate. Take Britten’s “The ...

Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” has been justly hailed as a masterpiece, unjustly belittled in avant-garde circles for its conservative musical idiom, and aptly characterized as the classical-music ...

If you're a composer, there are a couple of good ways to ensure that your work will continue to be played, discussed and thought about after you're gone. One, of course, is to write music of ...