ABC Classic FM has a new website destination, Read and Watch, covering the world of classical music — the news, the people, the history — in words, videos, pictures and sounds. Read the latest News to ...

With centuries of history to consider, it can be easy to get in a bit of a twist when it comes to the various eras of Western classical music. Here’s a quick guide to the four key periods we usually ...

Classical music capital Leipzig will simply have to hope that these upcoming highlights are not dimmed by the corona pandemic. And Bonn will have to be satisfied by the fact that the next important ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...