The spring classical season is a veritable bucket of flowers: operas about titans of the sea and Silicon Valley, songs about queens and hymns on creation, world premieres and old favorites. Below, ...

WBUR's arts and culture team previews the classical music performances, theater productions, film festivals, dance events and more to explore this season. Does history repeat itself? Or does it rhyme?

This spring, keep yourself sane—and even happy—with a healthy dose of classical music. Whether it’s Tchaikovsky in the park, multimedia mashups of works by the likes of Philip Glass and Leonard Cohen, ...

Performers such as the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and the one-handed pianist Paul Wittgenstein famously expanded their instruments’ repertoires by commissioning new works—a tradition that is alive ...

Violinist Aleksey Igudesman (left) and actor John Malkovich spoof classical music in a special Oregon Symphony concert featuring music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms and Debussy. It will ...