The Mainly Mozart Festival is in full flight. This year’s proceedings started on Thursday, June 15, and have gone from strength, to strength, to strength, to sublime. The first concert saw LA ...

Controversy and scandal have surrounded Mozart’s landmark Requiem from the very beginning. An anonymous patron commissioned the work to commemorate the death of his wife. The patron may or may not ...

On March 21 and 22, Boston Baroque presented a program of Mozart’s “Symphony No. 35 in D Major (“Haffner”),” two Mozart arias performed by soprano Erin Morley, and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 2 in D ...

Mozart's Band. E06 (Part 2) - Beethoven's let down: Just as the real Beethoven had an intense admiration for Napoleon ...

Interestingly, my two favorite concerts, thus far in the 2024-2025 Jacobs Master Works Series at the San Diego Symphony, have been dominated by pieces from the classical period of music. Obviously, ...

However, no such increases were apparent after the subjects listened to Beethoven, suggesting there is something about the effect of Mozart's music in particular on our minds. The researchers, from ...

Some of the finest orchestral musicians in the United States convened Friday evening on a humid athletic field in Del Mar to play symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven. The majority of the audience at ...

Over the past week, I’ve discussed a number of scholars’ thoughts on what schools can do to nurture creativity and innovation among students. One point of view I meant to highlight earlier this week ...

It looks like Mozart's hair is worth more than Beethoven's. A lock of Mozart's hair sold for 35,000 pounds ($53,400) on Thursday, while strands of Beethoven's hair went for 8,124 pounds ($12,400), ...

Beethoven wasn't above using a tune by Mozart to get the creative juices flowing. A melody from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" is the basis for Beethoven's "A Maid or a Little Wife," a set of ...