Here we go again. Last year at this time, we looked back at our buoyancy, gingerly bouncing back from COVID-19. But 2022 became, with new surges, a boomerang year. Somehow, though, the performing arts ...

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The Piano Trio - piano, violin and cello - had been a popular form in Western Europe since at least the time of Haydn's Trios in the 1760s. But even by the late 19th century the form never caught hold ...

Apple appears to be preparing for the upcoming launch of Apple Music Classical, a standalone classical music app that will be available alongside the ‌Apple Music‌ app. Mentions of Apple Classical ...

In early 1836 Robert Schumann composed a piano piece expressing his heartache of being separated from Clara Schumann - not his wife until four years later - writing to her in 1838 that he meant it as ...

Julia Bullock's Walking in the Dark is one of NPR Music's top 10 classical albums of 2022. These albums not only kept me company at home this year, but helped me realize how important our connections ...

In August 2021, Apple announced it had acquired classical music service Primephonic. At the time, Apple said it planned to launch a dedicated classical music app this year, but time is starting to run ...

Hosted by Lynne Warfel, "All Is Bright: Contemplative Music for Christmas" presents one hour of gorgeous, contemplative music related to the Christmas season and its symbolism. This program uses ...

For as long as I can remember, the classical-music world has been pining for fresh audiences and musing anxiously about its own extinction. The last two years of pause, protest, and epiphany have ...

It’s 2023 and the standalone classical music app that Apple promised for 2022 is nowhere to be seen. It’s not clear whether it’s late or has been quietly killed off. The company said its offering will ...

Soprano Julia Bullock's affecting solo debut, with its breathtaking spin on a deep cut by the enigmatic Connie Converse and a sublime rendition of Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, traces the ...