A short introduction to the composer, conductor and virtuoso violinist, who was born in 1745 in the Caribbean, the son of a French aristocrat and his wife's African slave.

Violin player Julia Kuhn explores the sticky issue of when and when not to use vibrato.

A Polacca (a type of Polish dance) by Giovanni Punto at our Night Shift at the George Tavern.

So you've heard our Brahms: A German Requiem concert and you're hungry for more Brahms. Our co-principal viola Simone Jandl recommends four unique pieces Brahms wrote after a eureka moment later in his life.

What does a music librarian in an orchestra do?

Broadcaster Dallas Campbell explores the long history of speculating what aliens would make of music.

Individual or society? Head or heart? Conform or rebel?

Leader Margaret Faultless gets her hands on the original concert programme for the premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis at Gloucester Cathedral on September 6, 1910.

Soprano Mary Bevan and theorbo player Elizabeth Kenny perform Lagrime Mie by the famed Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi.

Gluck is one of the great opera composers. Here are some things you probably didn’t know about him.