From Haydn to Maxwell Davies, composers have delighted in portraying the majesty of the rising sun. We look at a few of them ...

Hen, Miracle, Imperial ... Where do all those nicknames come from?

Why is Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5 known as the Turkish ... and is it warranted?

To mark the launch of our new Mendelssohn CD, we look at the thorny issue of how symphonies are numbered. Warning: may cause confusion!