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The musical landscape of Corelli's Christmas Concerto is Sara Mohr-Pietsch's destination this week. There are stops for some of the composers that Corelli inspired, including JS Bach and Rachmaninov, ...

Since its formation in 2017, the Piccadilly Sinfonietta have become a regular feature on the UK concert scene, giving over 200 performances a year in some of the country’s most beautiful and ...

Step into the warm glow of candlelight this festive season and experience the magic of Christmas through the timeless beauty of classical music, set within the enchanting surroundings of Bath Abbey an ...

As Guillermo del Toro’s go-to composer, Alexandre Desplat knew about the filmmaker’s desire to tell his version of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” While del Toro loved the story, Desplat admits his own ...

Christmas is still over two weeks away, so meteorologists can't yet predict for certain where folks will see snow on the big day. However, with predictions of a cold month of December likely, ...

Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, ...

One of my favorite holiday traditions is getting comfy, grabbing my favorite holiday drink and treat, and settling down with a stack of the best Christmas novels, new and old. Is there anything cozier ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era ...

There are some UK Christmas traditions that people from the US might not recognize. Every Christmas, British families watch pantomimes or meet their school friends at the pub. They also eat Yorkshire ...

There’s a reason why Christmas is known as the most wonderful time of the year. It’s that magical feeling we all look forward to—snuggling up under a soft blanket by the fire, watching the twinkling ...