When good musicians get together and jam in the worlds of pop or jazz, it's called an exciting event. When they do it in the classical world, it's called a crossover. As the indie mentality gradually ...

1 Review: BBC PROMS: MAHLER'S FIRST BY HEART, Royal Albert Hall 2 Review: BBC PROMS: RACHMANINOV’S ‘PAGANINI’ VARIATIONS, Royal Albert Hall 3 Review: BBC PROMS: ROSSINI'S 'STABAT MATER', Royal Albert ...

Part of How To Classical. Why does the oboe tune the orchestra? Why does the orchestra sit the way it does? What does rosin actually do to a violin bow? If you find the traditions of the classical ...

This album of modern pieces for harpsichord will completely upend your idea of the instrument Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The ...

Revelatory Mahan Esfahani, Keith Jarrett live in 1987 and Olivier Latry at the Proms Now that we so often hear Bach’s keyboard works played on the piano (and the debate about whether it’s even ...

1 Review: BBC PROMS: MAHLER'S FIRST BY HEART, Royal Albert Hall 2 Review: BBC PROMS: RACHMANINOV’S ‘PAGANINI’ VARIATIONS, Royal Albert Hall 3 Review: BBC PROMS: ROSSINI'S 'STABAT MATER', Royal Albert ...

From the cover of The Harpsichord Diaries: A Musical Journey, a children's picture book by Elaine Funaro, Eric Love and Andrea Love (Horse & Buggy Press) Even with just a few notes, the harpsichord’s ...

What is it? The simplest explanation would be that it's a piano, but with the strings plucked rather than struck, although the harpsichord actually predates the piano. Who uses it? Chiefly associated ...

A replica of a harpsichord owned by George Washington will be played in public for the first time at the Washington Winter Show this weekend. The president’s instrument — made as the piano was ...