In the 18th century, travelers came from all over Europe to hear Anna Maria and Chiara perform in Venice. Neither attained the wealth or the immortal fame of someone like Paganini, but composers ...

From Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to his opera L’Olimpiade, here are some of the Baroque composer’s finest pieces of music. Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi may have been born over 340 years ago, but his ...

18th century solo and ensemble concertos, including the Vivaldi violin concerto in A Minor RV 356 performed by Augusta McKay Lodge. Voices of Music is offering three concert series this season and is ...

Violinist Andrew Manze (MAN-zee) is a proponent of the notion that much of Baroque music is improvised, that what's written on the page is an outline to be filled in by the performers. That approach ...

Once Proms season comes around, there aren’t many better places to be on a Sunday morning than at the Royal Albert Hall. It was a return to more traditional Proms fare this time, with a trip to the ...

Who are the greatest violin virtuosos of all time? Here’s our top 25, listed alphabetically. And any list that ends with Vengerov and Vivaldi is worth sticking around for... From child prodigy to one ...

It's a brave new musical world. Between downloads, iPods, music sharing websites and the good old CD, we have more easy access to the songs and symphonies we love than ever before. In this visit to ...

In the last of four programmes marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Hannah French explores the Violin Concerto in F major, a.k.a. Autumn. Show more In the ...

You might expect most young musicians would draw on artists like Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran for their song inspirations. But not so for 13-year-old Ellie Malonzo from Perth who turns to Vivaldi, Bach ...