Billy Joel may be a rock and roll star, but classical music lives in his bones. To this end, there is one concerto that he ...

To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Live". Concerto in G ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the pianist Igor Levit discuss Ferruccio Busoni’s Piano Concerto, a rarity they are performing in San Francisco.

Nearly 70 years after making his Hollywood debut, the legendary composer and conductor John Williams has a new musical composition to his name. At age 93, the five-time Oscar winner—best-known for ...

Rachmaninov was one of the greatest pianists the world has ever known, and the music he wrote for the instrument is passionate, sensual and thrilling. His Second Piano Concerto was life-changing, ...

Mozart wrote three of his finest piano concertos, nos 23, 24 and 25, in a single year. Beauty, passion and grace combine as the piano engages in an intimate dialogue with the orchestra. Watching a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Composer Magnus Lindberg’s evolution has been fascinating, parallel to some other lapsed modernists but somehow ...

Rising star pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason takes on the dramatic first movement of Rachmaninov's much-loved Piano Concerto No.2. Accompanied by the Philharmonia under the direction of Ben Palmer, the ...

Jane Jones introduces the concerto that was saved for posterity by a virtuoso wife! One of the most talked about partnerships in classical music must be that between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck, ...

You may recognise ‘All By Myself’ from a Rachmaninov concerto – but the great piano work also gave rise to another iconic pop song, recorded by two of the biggest names in music. Rachmaninov sparked ...