In this NoonSong, listen to an unusual musical programme that spans five centuries of music history. The famous "Benedictus" by Gesualdo, a composer…

Crowds of composers from all over Europe made the pilgrimage to Italy to be inspired by the masters there. Rome and Venice formed two opposing poles:…

Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Georg Schumann are both composers who have had a lasting influence on Berlin's musical life: Mendelssohn as director of the…

Although the church music oeuvre of Jacobus Gallus is extensive, little is known about the life of the composer, who died in Prague at the age of 40.…