6. Encountering Vaughan Williams In 1925, at the suggestion of Adrian Boult, Finzi took a course in counterpoint and then moved to London, where he was introduced to Holst, Bliss and Vaughan Williams, ...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

The young Beethoven - just over a week past his 20th birthday - first met the renowned Joseph Haydn on 26 December 1790 in Bonn, when Haydn and the impresario Johann Peter Salomon stopped off on their ...

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World evoked in music have become a Classic FM Hall of Fame favourite. The best known work by Scottish pianist and composer Stuart Mitchell was written in 2001. Each ...

In a new six-part series for Classic FM, Travelling Composers with HX Expeditions, Sue Perkins is back to follow in the ...

Choral composer Eric Whitacre reflects on the magnitude of space, and our place in the universe in an increasingly digital ...

On the Nature of Daylight’ composer recognised by the Ivors Academy for his contributions to music. German-British composer ...

The most wonderful time of the year is almost here, and we’ve got a special gift for you to unwrap early this year. Classic FM Christmas, a brand new station from Classic FM, is Global’s first radio ...

'The Watermill' was written in 1958 and originally composed for oboe and string orchestra – though it can also be played on clarinet. The undulating orchestral accompaniment evokes the gentle flow of ...

On Monday 12 October, Classic FM Live with Viking returned to London’s Royal Albert Hall for an ‘Out of This World’ night of classical music. The orchestra were joined on stage by a star-studded ...

Generally speaking, the Baroque period is when the orchestra was born, opera kicked off in a big way and the concerto gave soloists the chance to properly show off. From the period's beginnings in the ...

When the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould pronounced that Mozart ‘was a bad composer who died too late rather than too early’, he did so at a time when the great man was worshipped with almost holy ...