The Concerto for String Orchestra (1948) is commonly regarded as Grażyna Bacewicz's opus magnum and even called her "Ninth Symphony". It is unquestionably one of the foremost works of 20th century ...

Sometimes a recording comes along that you feel you've been waiting your whole life for. Like so many of us living in a Delius-drought, I and countless others have been longing for a disc to be ...

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Apart from the fact Isabelle Faust leads the sextet of strings in Op 36, as well as being soloist in the Violin Concerto, the reasons for pairing these two works by Brahms, composed 13 years apart, ...

Prepare to feel completely inadequate: this string quartet are all aged between 6 and 10 years old, and they can knock out a mean Bach concerto. Ah, the mature and refined work of J.S. Bach. Something ...

There’s nothing more wonderful than listening to music and having a glass of wine in a candlelit room, and that’s exactly what this event is. “Emotions II” is a candlelight string concerto featuring ...

101 Hummel, J.N.: Quintet in D Minor for Piano and Strings: Allegro Con Spirito / Eugene List, Carroll Glenn. Piano,Violin 102 Hummel, J.N.: Quintet in D Minor for Piano and Strings: Menuetto O ...

Watch this cool-headed soloist do exactly the right thing in one of the most stressful concert situations imaginable. You know when you’re playing Britten’s violin concerto and your E-string snaps?