The Mannheim school of composers, led by Stamitz, steered significant musical developments during the second half of the eighteenth century. This music history lesson explains some of their most significant innovations and explains the...

Get better at sight reading with these expert tips and techniques, suitable for candidates preparing for ABRSM exams. How good are you at Sight Reading? It’s an area that many musicians worry about. In music exams, quite often it turns...

Test your knowledge by answering true or false to these random musical questions and see how many you can get right. This light-hearted musical quiz poses 10 questions covering a range of musical issues. Some of the questions are theory...

Rachmaninoff's piano concerto No. 2 is one of his most well known pieces, but did you know that Rachmaninoff struggled with depression and writer's block before being able to write this lovely piece of music? We look at the history...

Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals, however this video focuses specifically on the...

Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals including lions, chickens, donkeys, tortoises,...

Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals, however this video focuses specifically on the...

Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals, however this video focuses specifically on the...

University of Rochester electrical engineer Mark Bocko has combined his passion for music with his passion for engineering, devising a way to digitally reproduce music in files 1,000 times smaller than an mp3! But along with this new...

An introduction to sound and purpose of bass instruments. Bass instruments have the lowest pitch of the musical instruments in an ensemble and help set the beat of the music. Learn about bass instruments such as electric bass, double...

An insight into the orchestration and harmonic language contained within Holst’s “Venus - the bringer of peace” from his Suite ‘The Planets’. Holst makes an original and colourful combination of a Horn solo with 4 Flutes and 3 Oboes,...

In this film, Mark van de Wiel introduces his instrument - the clarinet. To learn more about the clarinet visitef='http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/explore/instruments/clarinet' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>visit Why not download our...

An investigation of the music composed for harp and strings by Ravel and Saint-Saëns. This...

In this film, Jennifer McLaren introduces her instrument - the e flat clarinet. To learn more about the e flat clarinet visitef='http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/explore/instruments/e_flat_clarinet.' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>visit...

In this film, Laurent Ben Slimane introduces his instrument - the bass clarinet. To learn more about the bass clarinet visitef='http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/explore/instruments/bass_clarinet' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>visit Why...

MOT 1952: NEW ORLEANS: FRENCH QUARTER: TU Angled MS 'Mardi Gras' neon sign, banner 'Fred Kohlman & his New Orleans Jazz Band...', MS Clown decoration, VS Dixieland Jazz band on stage behind bar, clarinet in lead, VS People in club...

MOT 1952: NEW ORLEANS PORT: JAZZ BAND: HA TD WS Dixieland band, group of unidentified male musicians on upright bass, drums, guitar, clarinet, trumpet & trombone, SOT playing music between benches outdoors, people standing BG.

University of Rochester electrical engineer Mark Bocko has combined his passion for music with his passion for engineering, devising a way to digitally reproduce music in files 1,000 times smaller than an mp3! He's also built a computer...

Christopher Hogwood and Notus Winds perform and discuss Mozart's Quintet for piano and winds K.452href='http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/music-in-context-for-self-promotion-mozart' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>452 An...

A lecture with live musical illustrations on Olivier Messiaen's 'Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps' ('Quartet for the End of Time'), which was composed whilst imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camp, Stalag VIIIA, Silesia, in 1941. The...

Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals, however this video focuses specifically on the...

Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals, however this video focuses specifically on the...

Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals, however this video focuses specifically on the...

Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals, however this video focuses specifically on the...