Why are some Beethoven symphonies better-known than others?

For the last article in our concerto series (for now), we turn to an instrument too often dismissed as the orchestra's resident joker.

In the third installment of our series looking at the concerto, it's the turn of the SCO flautists to recommend their favourites.

Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms: four violin concertos, all connected by a single violinist.

What was it about C minor that brought out Beethoven's defiant side? We take a look at a few examples.

We delve into the history of a hybrid genre ...

With Easter just around the corner, we delve into perhaps the richest (and often darkest) choral repertoire of all ...

Or, how suppressing a work for 80 years can affect its long-term fortunes.

We complete our survey of the concerto for stringed instruments with the double bass. It's not just about jazz!

It's the 19th century and musical retellings of Greek myths are out. Enter the European folk tale ...

Depending on whom you ask, death can be comforting or inspire holy terror, including in composers writing a Mass for the Dead.

The oboe: refined, yes, but cheeky or melancholic? Join us as we look at the concertos exploring this instrument's wide-ranging moods.