Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago Sunday. He was, by any measure, a prolific composer. In addition to the five dozen or so string quartets, he wrote hundreds of trios, piano sonatas, oratorios, masses, ...

I had the pleasure and privilege of conducting Haydn's Symphony No 80 in D minor in Salzburg recently. It's an astonishing work, full of surprises, and almost completely unknown. The first movement is ...

Singing Haydn’s optimistic choral music is the life-enhancing experience we need in today's troubled times, writes Richard ...

On Feb. 20, the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave one of their odder concerts of the season. Featuring guest conductor Alan T. Gilbert ’89 and solo violinist Isabelle Faust, the BSO performed Joseph ...

The conductor’s final ever concert was at Sage Gateshead with the Royal Northern Sinfonia playing an all-Haydn programme. He leaves classical music changed emphatically for the better – and with less ...

The American Classical Orchestra has unveiled its 41st season in 2025-26, with performances spanning four orchestral concerts led by Founder and Artistic Director Thomas Crawford at Alice Tully Hall, ...

To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Joseph Haydn, Ted Libbey considers the great composer's final set of symphonies. Joseph Haydn's last 12 symphonies, commissioned by the London impresario ...

Richard Nixon's second inauguration, on Jan. 19, 1973, featured a starry concert at the then-new Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Philadelphia Orchestra—then and now among the world's ...

Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The Rift, a personal history of modern music. He has been involved in music as a composer, ...

Ivan Hewett explains why the Austrian’s humour and common touch make his music ideal for a crisis Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing ...

The Handel and Haydn Society President & CEO David Snead will retire after nearly a decade at the helm of the performing arts organization. Snead has been instrumental in elevating H+H to national ...