The great composer of The Planets, Gustav Holst also taught himself Sanskrit, lived in a street of brothels in Algiers, cycled into the Sahara Desert, and allied himself during the First World War with a ‘red priest' who pinned on the door of his church "prayers at noon for the victims of Imperial Aggression". He hated the words used to his most famous tune "I Vow to Thee My Country" because it was the opposite of what he believed, and died before the age of 60 - broken and disillusioned.

In Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony, the listener encounters a music characterized by great spaciousnes...

Anton Bruckner’s 6th Symphony was written between 1879 and 1881: a very happy time in his life. Unli...

“Clarity was one thing that made this performance a marvel. Another was the flexibility of Barenboim...

The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pag...

You could be forgiven for mistaking Charlie Siem for James Bond. Whether he's driving an orange Pors...

As America's first international woman concert pianist, renowned lecturer, author, music critic, fam...

In late 18th century Venice, in a convent school for girls, Teresa, a student with prophetic gifts, ...

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s European Concert, held each year on 1 May, is invariably an internatio...

There is hardly a better way to approach Ludwig van Beethoven than through his piano concertos. Beet...

Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, this musical film takes watchers on a magnificent jo...

Every year, the Berliner Philharmoniker hold a kind of classical-music fête with a bright, cheerful ...

Repertoire Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain; Antonín Dvořák: Song to the Moon from “Rusalk...

The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, ...

In this short, Johnny Green leads the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the overture to Ros...



An aspiring classical pianist loses his hearing and, with the help of those closest to him, must fin...

A video magazine put out by the Come Organization label. An in-depth documentary of the life & work...

Leonard Bernstein narrated by legendary screen star Lauren Bacall. The movie also relies extensivel...

The renowned orchestra presents the world's biggest annual classical open air concert live from thei...