This is the problem: He did not die tragically young, but lived to a ripe old age. He did not leave a trove of letters scattered with four-letter words. And they haven’t made a famous film about him.

Sometimes a composer becomes so well known for a particular genre of music that other pieces go unrecognized. The following are three examples of composers who are famous for one thing but who ...

Explore the work of famed composer Joseph Haydn’s career with host Scott Yoo and guests. Explore the work of famed composer Joseph Haydn’s career with host Scott Yoo and featured guest artists as he ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn. Haydn spent much of his career in service to nobility, situated far away from the musical mainstream. He once said ...

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 ...

To most concertgoers a generation ago, Joseph Haydn was the composer of only twelve symphonies (inexplicably numbered 93-104), a few string quartets and the Austrian national anthem. According to the ...

Making her H&H debut, conductor Laurence Equilbey cannily paired Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” with Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 ‘She’s a French composer from the 19th century, around the time ...

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of the often overlooked younger Haydn brother. Today Donald sees Michael follow ...

Composers often look the past for inspiration to transform and comment on musical riches. As bookends on the first concert of its second season Sunday at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts, Blue ...

Is This What We Want? is an unusual album. There's no music. No words. Instead, it's basically ... silent. That's because the 12 tracks were recorded in a bunch of empty performance spaces and studios ...

Four musicians from the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera continued to play on Monday night after their audience was told ...