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classical music for walking: a beautiful path

Playlist: Classical Music for Long Walks

In an array of stimulating and soothing music, give your walk a melodic backdrop or clear your mind for some deep thinking.

Hannah EdgarJune 8, 2017

6 Unforgettable Composer Friendships

Stephen RaskauskasJune 7, 2017

KAIA Kids Around the World – The Music of Brazil

Michael San GabinoJune 6, 2017

One of Conductor Manfred Honeck’s Favorite Quotes Might Change the Way You Think About Classical Music

Quiz: What Movement of ‘The Nutcracker Suite’ Are You?

WFMTDecember 8, 2019

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker isn't just a popular holiday ballet. The composer grouped eight pieces in his Nutcracker Suite, which is often performed in concert. But, which movement of the "Nutcracker Suite" are you? Are you the "Spanish Dance?" "The Waltz of the Flowers?" Take the quiz and find out!

Royal Opera, The Met remove tenor Vittorio Grigolo

Associated PressDecember 6, 2019

The Royal Opera in London and The Met in New York have removed tenor Vittorio Grigolo after an investigation found inappropriate and aggressive behavior at a curtain call.

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This Is What Your Favorite Composers Would Look Like if They Actually Cracked a Smile…

Stephen RaskauskasMay 31, 2017

Though the music of your favorite composers might make you smile, chances are, the composers themselves aren't smiling in their portraits. Until now...

How the Complex Rhythms of Colonialism Created One of Uruguay’s Most Celebrated Musical Traditions

Galilee AbdullahMay 30, 2017

Though Uruguay is one of the least populous countries in South America, every year it hosts the world’s longest Carnaval. Carnaval in Uruguay would not be complete without candombe, an Afro-Uruguayan performance tradition that is centuries old but still celebrated today. Candombe is rooted in the culture of enslaved peoples who were brought to Uruguay from Africa during the early ...

Requiem Æternam: How a Fraternity Celebrates Death as an End and an Achievement with Music

Lisa FlynnMay 25, 2017

Among religious observances, the liturgical text of the Requiem Mass as set to music has been one of the most potent means to express mourning, the most famous being those by Mozart, Verdi, and Fauré.

Collectors' Corner with Henry Fogel