One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was attacked by jaundice, his limbs and ...

Timon conducts an orchestra composed of several instrument-playing animals. The concert is going beautifully, with a perfect introduction to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, until Pumbaa interjects with ...

The Falmouth Book Festival concluded earlier this month, and these off-season events aim to keep the literary spirit alive in ...

Arranged as a chamber orchestra — a smaller ensemble harking back to those of Beethoven's day — the musicians treated each of these concertos almost as symphonies, so closely did they engage ...

Jason Vieaux, one of the hottest shots among classical guitarists, and violinist Eunice Kim will give a recital at 7:30 p.m.

ON 7 November 1867, Marya Salomea Sklodowska was born in Warsaw, then part of the Russian Empire. She was the youngest of five children, and became known as “Manya” by her family. She was a ...

The Falmouth Book Festival concluded earlier this month, and these off-season events aim to keep the literary spirit alive in the area.

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My upstairs neighbours think they can mask their raucous sex with loud music — wrong. Beethoven’s fifth symphony isn’t masking anything, nor is the pounding rock music that ...

especially delighting us with works by Haydn and Schubert and about a fraught friendship between George Bridgetower and ...