Appointed Principal Conductor of the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini at 27, the Birmingham-born conductor discusses leaving the cello behind, his mentor Andris Nelsons, and the lessons of Shostakovich.
Mathew Frank and Dean Bryant have written a new musical based on Miles Franklin's novel My Brilliant Career. Now they have released an original cast recording.
The trumpet – glorious and war-like – isn’t an instrument you can be shy about, says Swedish trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger. But it’s the combination of power and vulnerability that makes it special.
Across nine days in January, Angus McPherson visited the 2020 Youth Music Culture Guangdong event in Guangzhou, China, spent time with Yo-Yo Ma, and discovered how the legendary cellist’s philosophy extends far beyond music.
From eccentrics to recluses, these musicians positively thrived on social distancing. (Image courtesy of @mozart____ on Twitter)
The conductor talks to Clive Paget about his recording of Mahler's “Symphony of a Thousand” with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Limelight's Recording of the Month in April.
Discover how Yo-Yo Ma is bridging cultures with a unique event, learn about the restorative powers of music, and read up on the history of ballet music.
Things are impermanent, life is impermanent, but music and the arts are lasting joys.
JS Bach regularly tops polls as the greatest composer of all time. Today we celebrate his 335th birthday by asking some of our top Bach performers why he's so extraordinary.
Albums by Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Bryn Terfel are on the cards for the Australian baritone.
A box of Bruckner symphonies, the artistry of Monteux, and Furtwängler’s DG output.
The leading musical director has had to retire from her busy career in musical theatre due to a rare, neurodegenerative condition.
Luigi Russolo’s crazy crackling and hissing machines even got Igor Stravinsky going.
