#RedditClassicalmusic

An example would be the 3rd chord of the chorus, one note goes a certain direction while the chords goes another, feels to me almost classical. submitted by /u/Icy-Assistant-2420 [link] [comments]

My music service gave me a playlist of classical pieces that are well known. You know the ones—the “top 40” movements that everyone knows. So much pandering to the LCD, I know. But…I liked a lot of the recordings that were chosen.…

Adolphe Sax was born in Dinant, Belgium, worked in Paris, and patented the saxophone there in 1846. The composer who backed him first was Berlioz.…

I've recently started learning it, but I've noticed that after counting the 16th notes, there's one "missing". This might be a pretty stupid question but I'd like to know the answer. submitted by /u/larrylarro [link] [comments]

Should we list them as protected species under the UN charters? I feel blessed to have grown up watching two in my formative years submitted by /u/Lumpen_moi [link] [comments]

Hello everyone, I am delighted to introduce this work for trumpet and organ. Recorded at the Emm Memorial Church—built in memory of the soldiers lost in the Vosges during the First World War—the music progresses from the gravity of C minor into the warmth…

As a Bartók enthusiast, this video popped up in my YouTube stream this week and a quick Google search showed it's performed by a recent International Béla Bartók Piano Competition winner by the name of Keona Rose.…

Most people know Bach and Handel. Fewer know the man both of them went out of their way to visit. Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637 to 1707) was organist at St.…

If you’d never heard the piece before and someone started a recording of Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasy somewhere in the first half, could you be forgiven for thinking it was Sibelius? submitted by /u/IcySpecialist1221 [link] [comments]

ON A STRING is an independent comedy about a struggling violist in New York City trying to find her footing in the classical music world. When her toxic ex-boyfriend reappears as the orchestra's newest star cellist, an unexpected opportunity puts her…

Mahler’s 2nd Symphony is definitely one of the best ever made!! And this performance is really good!! If you like this symohony check it out!!…

I wanted to see what are some underrated composer that you think deserves more praise? In my opinion Sergei Bortkiewicz deserves way more recognition.…

Zoltan Kodaly’s cello sonata op.8 A Hungarian piece composed in 1915, in this video performed by Hungarian cellist Miklos Perenyi. Please listen :D submitted by /u/looossi [link] [comments]

I'm starting to listen to more and more Purcell and I was wondering what were your favorite recordings? I only really know Dido and Aeneas but that's pretty much it. submitted by /u/practiceordie [link] [comments]

Today marks 133 years since the death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, one of the most prominent figures of Romanticism and Russian music. He died shortly after premiering his 6th symphony, which some consider to be a musical suicide note due to its tragic…

I’m enjoying Key Changes a weekly introduction to classical music over 1000 years, available on BBC Sounds app. A very interesting weekly programme highlighting ’key changes’ in ‘classical music’.…

I suppose the same question applies to anyone playing an instrument that requires a lot of fingering. submitted by /u/Whoosier [link] [comments]

The only Gould record were he plays the organ, here he plays the first 9 fugues of The Art of The Fugue, he plays them fast and like every Gould the counterpoint is well emphasized and easy to follow.…

As a cellist, I grew up around a lot of anti-viola sentiment, and in the past couple of years I’ve really rallied against that. Viola is a fantastic instrument and I love its unique timbre in comparison with the rest of the string family.…

The First Parish Bedford UU Music Committee will present internationally renowned pianist Paul-André Bempéchat in A Beethoven Celebration Plus on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 3 p.m.…