Over the past few months, our Know the Score series introduced 20 great composers. But what of the many we couldn’t write about? Martin Kettle suggests some other names whose music is well worth ...

Antonio Vivaldi wrote more than 500 concertos. Today, most people know four of them. But those four — commonly known as “The Four Seasons” — have become part of our cultural fabric. They may not even ...

It's a brave new musical world. Between downloads, iPods, music sharing websites and the good old CD, we have more easy access to the songs and symphonies we love than ever before. In this visit to ...

No, of course we don’t need yet another recording of the Vivaldi “Gloria” — it’s one of the most abundantly performed sacred works of the Baroque period, and for good reason. But on the other hand, ...

There’s been some lovely music composed for Easter, including a brand-new recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Easter Oratorio, which he wrote to celebrate the holiday in Leipzig, Germany, in 1725.

Do you remember the 1988 Bobby McFerrin song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”? The extraordinarily talented and versatile musician’s parents were opera singers – Robert McFerrin Sr. was a regular at the ...

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic mark Smetana’s bicentenary in peerless style, while the countertenor and Accademia Bizantina contemplate the Virgin Mary Happy birthday Bedřich Smetana! This ...

BalletX is bringing a new ballet inspired by Antonio Vivaldi's ‘Four Seasons' to Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The company's world-premiere work, ‘The Four Seasons Reimagined,' will feature live ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Allan Kozinn SOME people hate Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” for pretty much the same reasons others love it: it is an exceptionally vivid example of ...