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The best classical music to serve at your next cookout

As you fire up the grill to cook up hot dogs, hamburgers, and all of your other favorite summer foods, we have the perfect soundtrack for you.

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Fairy Chord from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Inspired by the warm engaging humor of Shakespeare’s comedy, the young Mendelssohn composed an Overture to "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," a classical work with a hint of the romantic era to come. Hear why Bill McGlaughlin describes the...

This gorgeous piano nocturne by Chopin might be even better arranged for violin

Chopin wrote his Nocturnes Op. 9, No. 2 in E-flat major between 1830 and 1832 and the piece was first published in 1833. The Nocturnes Op. 9, No. 2 is one of the most popular of Chopin’s 21 Nocturnes as evidenced by the number of...

VIDEO: Watch this young pianist play ridiculously hard works by Chopin – blindfolded!

Frédéric Chopin’s Étude Op. 10, No. 4 and Prelude Op. 28, No. 16 are notorious for being among the composer’s most challenging works to play. And when pianist Aldric Gozon learned these two pieces, he didn’t stop at getting the notes...

Your Guide to Chopin’s Nocturnes

Chopin composed nocturnes throughout his career, including 18 published between 1832 and 1846 and 3 published posthumously. The first person to title instrumental works of this kind “nocturnes” was John Field. He published a collection...

This breakdance duet to Chopin’s “Fantaisie-Impromptu” will send you spinning

When Frédéric Chopin composed his Fantaisie-Impromptu, he probably didn’t expect for the work to serve as the music for a breakdance duet. But at Arabesque 2014, an international ballet competition hosted by the Perm Ballet Opera...

10 Classical works to listen to during the solar eclipse

However you’re observing the solar eclipse, be sure never to stare directly at the sun...and to play the perfect music! Here are some of our favorite classical works inspired by the moon and night....

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