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Classical Music

Beethoven

J-P Mauro

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 has never been more dramatic

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I.Media for Aleteia

Orthodox opera singer has unlikely friendship with Pope

J-P Mauro

Did you know the sad song from ‘Platoon’ is a Catholic hymn?

Rachmaninoff choral hymn

J-P Mauro

This rare Rachmaninoff choral work was nearly lost to obscurity

OPERA SINGER

Cerith Gardiner

Opera singer’s unusual performance honors the Virgin Mary and motherhood

YO CANTO

Merche Crespo

352 singers perform Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus in spectacular pandemic style

Bach-Archiv · Bachfest Leipzig

Kathleen N. Hattrup

Benedict XVI praises an arrangement of Bach that relates life of Christ

CONCERT

J-P Mauro

Watch Pope St. John Paul II’s 100th birthday concert online

CRUCIFIED CHRIST

J-P Mauro

Bach’s St. John’s Passion to live stream on Good Friday

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J-P Mauro

14-year-old Catholic student is a prodigious composer

Arvo Pärt

Daniel Esparza

The Orthodox maestro Arvo Pärt was the most performed contemporary composer in the world for eight years in a row

CLASSICAL MUSIC AND PETS

Cerith Gardiner

What happens when shelter dogs listen to classical music

Handel and Haydn Society

Cerith Gardiner

The incredible story behind the boy who shouted “wow” after hearing Mozart

HANDELS,MESSIAH

Matthew Becklo

12 Reasons you should be listening to Handel’s Messiah

ANDREA BOCELLI,AIDA GARIFULINA

J-P Mauro

Andrea Bocelli reimagines the Ave Maria

TRITONIS,DREAM

Daniel Esparza

The “devil’s chord”: A forbidden medieval musical sequence

DANSE MACABRE

J-P Mauro

“Danse Macabre” belongs on everyone’s Halloween playlist

VIOLINS

Elizabeth Pardi

5 Surprisingly deep benefits of listening to classical music

ANDREA BOCELLI,ITALIAN,SINGER

J-P Mauro

Andrea Bocelli’s first original single in 14 years: “If Only”

BOCELLI FATIMA

Kathleen N. Hattrup

Andrea Bocelli in Fatima: Here every breath is a prayer

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