classical music

Pocket-sized Guide to French Romantic Composers: How much do you know?

Do you know your Bizet from your Berlioz? Or your Satie from Saint-Saëns? Find out a little more about some of your favourite French composers in this mini guide to the Romantic era in Classical music.

A Guy’s Guide to Culture: Ensemble Almeida - World Music? Classical!

Four musicians bearing instruments streamed out single-file from the side stage door like clowns piling out of a tiny VW. Ensemble Almeida should be a nice change of pace as they don’t play classical music but 'latin' music, and I don’t mean 'veni, vidi, vici'. At least I hope I don’t.