Topic: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Top Picks: Stevie Nicks, True Grit on DVD, Britain's brightest, and more

A new solo album by Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, the Coen Brothers' 'True Grit' on DVD, brainy Brits, and more

Classical music festivals offer sumptuous summer entertainment

This year, the lineups for the standout classical music festivals around the country and the world are an exiting treat for classical enthusiasts. From California to New York to Salzburg, conductors like Esa-Pekka Salonen, Lorin Maazel, and Alan Gilbert will lead ensembles such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, and the New York Philharmonic. 

Mick Jagger, Joss Stone part of new ‘Supergroup’

A source says the group has completed recording an album and video and is shopping the material around to various labels.

Sounding together at the Spring for Music festival

The now-annual Spring for Music festival is a place for orchestras to showcase their talent and inventiveness and was held at Carnegie Hall.

Opinion: Why does contemporary classical music spurn melody?

Proponents of modern symphonic music cast unhappy audiences as unenlightened. But for most listeners, music elicits emotional rather than intellectual responses. Certainly, classical music should should challenge and evoke. It just shouldn't sound like bus crashes.

Genius

A poem.

El Sistema taps the power of classical music to help US children flourish

A Venezuelan poverty program brings its musical discipline to underprivileged youths in the United States.

The muse of murder mysteries turns out to be quite vocal

A retired college professor tries his hand at writing murder mysteries and finds the characters leading the way.

Aretha Franklin and Condoleezza Rice make soulful music together

Aretha Franklin and Condoleezza Rice got together to play a song or two for charity.

Dan Brown take note: Vatican's 'Secret Archives' unveiled

The Vatican Secret Archives is for the first time printing reproductions of more than 100 of its most fascinating, secret documents. Do we hear another Dan Brown novel coming?

How a computer program became classical music's hot, new composer

'Emily Howell' is a computer program that composes classical music by following rules of music its programmer taught it.

The Art of the Steal: movie review

Backroom wranglings over the prestigious Barnes Foundation art collection play out as good guy vs. bad guy in 'The Art of the Steal' documentary.

'Tis the 'Season' for Vivaldi on Google's homepage

It's the 332nd birthday of Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian composer. Today's Google doodle honors 'The Four Seasons,' Vivaldi's most famous composition.

Creation: movie review

Charles Darwin’s family life and inner struggles are explored in 'Creation,' a look at the man behind 'The Origin of Species.'

Monsters of Folk: Making hits without the hype

Even in this age of iTunes and Rock band video games, the supergroup has found an audience and an album hit.

Plant daffodils now for a springtime of color

They're easy to plant, come back year after year, and deer rarely eat them.

At the G-20: Pittsburgh, the former 'Steel City,' has chance to shine

Pittsburgh will show a green, high-tech face to its G-20 guests.

Will "The Lost Symbol" juggernaut revive the Freemasons?

Conducting with electricity

Venezuelan maestro Gustavo Dudamel brings new energy to classical music.

Beaumarchais

The life of playwright and entrepreneur Beaumarchais offers a window into the transformation that brought France to revolution.

Music's Spell

A pocket-sized collection of poems about the power of music.

The trash of life is Elias Sime's art

Ethiopian artist draws deeply on his local culture and love of community to tell stories with found objects.

A daughter forges a trail of her own

A mom wishes that her daughter would take violin lessons, but the girl's interests lie in a different direction.

A case of cold plagiarism?

Guitarist Joe Satriani's claim against Coldplay highlights the complexity of comparing melodies.