In this conversation, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich guides host Scott Detrow through the gentle waves of Déjame Dormir, what makes the album different from other lullaby collections and the ...

Finnish composer Jean Sibelius objected to programmatic content in other composers’ symphonies and declared that HIS music is about nothing but itself. Hear how he applies that to his Symphony No.

And in moments like this, it is good to turn to our favorite music to calm our nerves. One rock band has taken things one step further: Starflyer 59 reimagined three decades' worth of its own songs as ...

Classical music has been scientifically shown to help reduce stress. Unwind with some of the best pieces of relaxing classical music. Listening to classical music has been shown to lower blood ...

The bursting schedules of concerts at the Wigmore Hall, the Barbican Centre and South Bank Centre, and the strength of music in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Cardiff, among other cities, show a ...