An enterprising producer believes he has hit upon a winning concept: a program of original animated shorts set to classical music. Undeterred by warnings that this has already been done by an American ...

In musical terminology, allegro means to play in a brisk, lively style. "But it also means joyful," says Brian Norcross, artistic director and conductor of Allegro: The Chamber Orchestra of Lancaster.

The LSO’s second concert of the season offered an eclectic programme of one of the great romantic piano concerti, sandwiched between works by two of the finest English composers of the last century.

Classical violinist Caitlin Weinheimer perform Fritz Kreisler's Praeludium & Allegro. Watch violinist Caitlin Weinheimer perform Fritz Kreisler's Praeludium & Allegro. Caitlin, a violinist and the ...

DULL, elitist and expensive, classical music in Britain is in its death-throes, the pundits say. The young prefer Boyzone to Beethoven. Punters shun the plinkety-plonk modern stuff, and stick to the ...

Last night’s concert had the appeal of being both a major work and one decidedly neglected in contemporary performance. Handel’s L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed il Moderato is an oratorio that sits kicking ...