Planning on a summer backyard barbecue? Why not grill those burgers and brats to the sounds of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms? Afternoon Host Kent Teeters has put together a fun classical music playlist ...

There are so many reference recordings of this repertoire. Janssen seems comparatively straight after Glenn Gould, but he’s much easier to live with in the long term. And while I love the exquisite ...

Will you have some wine with your Beethoven? The Seattle Symphony found such a hot reception for last year’s “Beethoven and Wine” series that it’s presenting three of the well-priced, short Beethoven ...

Food and drink trends affect us all, often crossing cultural, temporal, and geographic divides. Consider, for example, classical music composers Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 to 1750) and Ludwig van ...

It’s 9 o’clock. Do you know where your Beethoven is? There’s something in many music lovers that urges us to answer a question like that by collecting everything together — to make sure we aren’t ...

This week the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival begins its 42nd installment, which will purvey about 100 compositions in the course of 38 performances in town before it reaches its conclusion on Aug. 25 ...

All of the pieces mentioned in this article can be found in this spotify playlist, for easier navigation, or, if you prefer something more comprehensive, then have a look at this fantastic playlist ...

Spencer Rubin amassed 32.5 million views and 867,000 followers on TikTok for his relatable and comedic videos. However, the Long Island native is not performing choreographed dances or posting about ...

Classical music must be alive and at least reasonably well if it generates vigorous dialogue. That's what happened in a rather big way recently when Anthony Tommasini, chief music critic of The New ...

If not, please allow Richard Perlmutter to explain in song during his performance Saturday with his vocal group Beethoven's Wig. Though there won't be a symphony orchestra at the show, Perlmutter and ...

A happy birthday to Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the biggest giants of classical music, born Dec. 16, 1770. (He died March 26, 1827. An old joke: a fan opens Beethoven's grave in Vienna and sees him .