Mark Forrest begins a week of afternoons of specially recorded music including exclusive archive recordings of the late, ...

Linus Akesson performs Marice Ravel's Boléro on a variety of homemade 8-bit instruments, including his incredible Commodordian and a C64 theremin. "The World's Most Ambitious Chiptune?" he asks. "9 ...

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Ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean will be made a dame and knight in the King’s New Year’s Honours.

Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page had been close friends ever since they met in their teens. It was Page who recommended Beck as Eric ...

THIS was another strong year for Hyperdub, who remain one of the most vital forces in radical electronic music. Now in its 21st year, the south London label released a plethora of strong work.

While I don’t subscribe to the belief that classical music should be embraced as a kind of aural sedative for harried hearts and minds, concert halls do provide a place to turn off your phone and ...

“Le Jardin Féerique,” usually translated as the enchanted or fairy garden, barely breathes into life as the apotheosis of the ...

MAURICE RAVEL, COMPOSER OF THE “BOLERO” AND OTHER WORLD-FAMOUS MUSICAL WORKS DIED HERE TODAY. THE RENOWNED JEWISH COMPOSER WAS 62. HIS DEATH OCCURRED AFTER A TWO-WEEK ILLNESS WHICH FOLLOWED A SERIOUS ...

Opera at THE 222 will present CERVANTES TO CRAIGSLIST, a recital featuring soprano Mary Evelyn Hangley, baritone William Lee ...

For his 18th annual concert with the New Year's Eve orchestra, the conductor has programmed Beethoven's fiery Symphony No. 7, ...