Certain pieces of classical music have legions of fans far beyond the concert hall. Richard Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” has been in many movies, from “Apocalypse Now” to “The Blues Brothers.” If ...

2024 is the 200th anniversary of the premier of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in D minor, the first symphony with a chorus, gloriously singing about the joy of life and friendship, often hailed as the ...

Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han visited Durham and the Baldwin Auditorium Nov. 18 for the second time in as many years. This performance was unique in its choice of pieces. The duet performed ...

Beethoven’s music, from the stunning victorious exclamations of the Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” to the bombastic famous four notes opening his landmark Symphony No. 5, speaks for itself. But who speaks ...

With the unfathomable amount of classical music that is available to us, here are a few pieces that everyone needs to know. Many of them are known in part but getting to know them in their full glory ...