Julia Lezhneva – Handel

  Brilliant, entertaining and lucid – baritone Thomas Hampson talks to BBC’s Hardtalk about understanding classical music.

  Celebrating the birthday of Arcangelo Corelli, born 17th Februry 1653 (d 8 January 1713). This is a gorgeous rendition of  the Сoncerto grosso, Op.6 No.4, in D major, on You Tube, performed by Enrico Onofri and Riccardo Minasi, violins,  Balazs Mate, violoncello and conducted by Jordi Savall.

Angela Hewitt talks on the Fazioli piano and electronic tuning.

   Mozart’s fantastical singspiel The Magic Flute premiered on September 30th 1791 at  the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna. According to Operabase, The Magic Flute was the 4th most often performed opera  in the 5 seasons to the end of 2013, with 464 performances. This production is from the 2012 Salzburg festival, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt with Concentus Musicus Wien…

The legendary Itzhak Perlman began playing the violin as a child. After a glittering career of over 40 years, he talks to The Huffington Post about the importance of teaching  in his work as a performer and conductor. Infected with polio aged 4, he has given his support to the End Polio Now campaign aimed at the…

  Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi is soon to appear in Sydney at the GRAPHIC festival at the Sydney Opera House. Check out his music from this video of a sell-out concert at the Royal Albert Hall.