After a childhood spent practicing an instrument, composers, no matter how rebellious, remain bound to the past. John Cage’s attraction to Mozart was lifelong. Stravinsky adored Tchaikovsky, ...

The National Chamber Ensemble will launch its 2025-2026 season with Parisian Dreams: Ravel and Saint-Saëns. Learn more and ...

Award-winning pianist Junyan Chen, runner-up in the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition, will perform in ...

The National Chamber Ensemble (NCE) launches its 2025–2026 season with Parisian Dreams: Ravel and Saint-Saëns. This elegant ...

Olivier Baumont joins Donald Macleod to explore the achievements and keyboard mastery of François Couperin or François le Grand, as he has come to be known. As a leading figure in the French baroque ...

François Couperin was one of the baroque era’s greatest keyboard composers. Did he write any orchestral music? Er, no. Though listen to a few minutes of Hugo Reyne’s version of his trio sonata “La ...

Award-winning pianist Junyan Chen, runner-up in the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition, will perform in Darlington ...

This week, Donald Macleod surveys musical portraits of aristocracy and musicians by Francois Couperin. In Composer of the Week, Donald Macleod marks 350 years since the birth of the French Baroque ...