It showed that, across the decades from Handel to Haydn, the hegemonic sounds of Italy could be zestfully customised to suit national tastes. Within the tried-and-tested formulas for a Euro hit, local ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...

In the first of two concerts, Concerto 1700 played string trios from the time of the Spanish Enlightenment in the second half of the 18th century. Later, the ensemble L’Apothéose, fronted by soprano ...