Best Frank Sinatra Christmas Songs: 20 Classics That Define The Holidays
It’s not a white Christmas without Ol’ Blue Eyes… The best Frank Sinatra Christmas songs have a unique magic that brings the holiday season to life. Photo: Martin Mills/Getty Images…
Listen 5 Magnificent Arias in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio: Weihnachts Oratorium
In 1734, Johann Sebastian Bach was at the top of his game. His compositional powers were simply out of this world, and he composed six musically and textually interrelated cantatas for…
An Introduction to Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro
Who wrote the Marriage of Figaro and when? The Marriage of Figaro, written in 1786, was the first of three collaborations between the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Italian librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte; their later two…
17 Lesser-Known Pieces Of Christmas Music That Must Be Listened To More Often
Isn’t it about time we started getting to know Christmas music a little better? No, we’re not suggesting you spend the festive season listening to, say, Silent Night or Once in Royal on continuous…
The Best Christmas Organ Music Of Ever
There’s no denying that choral music steals the limelight at Christmas, organ music allotted a few paltry minutes at the end of the service. By then, most of the congregation…
The Most Beautiful Recordings Of Js Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
When was Bach’s Christmas Oratorio written? Assembled in late 1734, JS Bach’s ‘Oratorium Tempore Nativitatis Christi’ (Christmas Oratorio) constitutes a six-part Christmas present to the congregations of St Thomas’s and St…
When Adele Surprised a Group of Adele Impersonators by Coming in Disguise
Adele Impersonates Herself How would the real Adele get on in an audition to find the best Adele impersonator? Pretty well you’d imagine, but she would need a good disguise…
More Than 18,000 Singers Can Be Heard In This Pub Choir Video Belting Out An Incredible Rendition Of Toto’s Africa
This is epic. Toto’s Africa is a grandiose rock song. In an article on the massive popularity of Africa on the internet, Vice commented in November 2022: “Somehow, this cheesy,…
Mozart’s music can reduce epilepsy for this reason
‘Mozart Effect’ Can Reduce Epilepsy Attacks Researchers have found that listening to Mozart’s music, especially on a daily basis, can reduce the frequency of epilepsy seizures. Researchers from the University…
Classical Mashup Metallica Plays “Sandman” and “Symphony No. Mozart’s 40″ Surprises
By taking the elegant scales of classical music and blending them with the recognisable riffs of rock, a phenomenal synergy known as the Mozart Heroes emerged, changing the history of…