How to choose among the hundreds of masses that have been written over the centuries? Let the SCO Chorus be your guide ...

Follow the thread as one composer quotes another ...

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

How do composers set about telling a story in music? We look at a few examples.

Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella is based on music by Pergolesi. Or is it?

What makes Ravel such a great orchestrator?