Her last album, 2010’s The House, was produced by William Orbit rather than Mike Batt, the Wombles mastermind who had steered her career up to that point. Although Guy Chambers cropped up on one track ...

The MSO's intimate concert series Secret Symphony will return across Melbourne this June, August and October with three pop-up performances that bring classical music to life in the most unexpected ...

A lot of the familiar sounds of fall involve plants - wind rustling leaves or whistling through tall grasses. What would it sound like if the plants, though, could raise their own voices? (SOUNDBITE ...

I am standing in a room few people get to see. It's barely a 10 by 10 foot space, crammed to bursting with computers and consoles. A keyboard in the corner, a violin case against the wall. Two huge ...

In 2004, a BBC radio program held a contest to determine the saddest music ever written and American composer Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings was the top vote getter. No one who listens to its ...

Katie Melua has announced plans to unveil a new album later this year. The singer will release Secret Symphony, which will see her backed by the Secret Symphony Orchestra, on November 14 in the UK.

Classical music performances aren't what they used to be. Gone are the staid, starched affairs many still (incorrectly) associate with symphony and ensemble concerts, replaced these days with events ...