Find out why a live classical concert changes you completely. Your brain, body, and emotions react differently than you ever ...

The concert halls have been closed for so long that we’ve almost forgotten the anticipation we feel while the orchestra warms up, the sound of the collective applause as the concertmaster and ...

What is classical music’s place today? Will there still be an engaged audience for repertoires of the past centuries? The conductor, Leon Botstein, didn’t seem to hold high expectations for The ...

It’s been a LONG intermission, hasn’t it? Eighteen months from the last time we were able to gather to hear the glorious strains of Mozart or Beethoven. But with vaccines and safety protocols, live ...

Classical-music devotees who’ve been missing the sound of live music and the camaraderie of intermissions can begin to breathe a sigh of relief as the pandemic, at least around these parts, begins to ...

Certain pieces of classical music have legions of fans far beyond the concert hall. Richard Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” has been in many movies, from “Apocalypse Now” to “The Blues Brothers.” If ...