Instead of a litany of all the bad news of 2025, rabble.ca’s political reporter offers musical suggestions to help dispel the gloom of our dark time.

FOR THE EARS Go Bach to the Concert Hall and Get a Handel on the Holidays Whil Pro Musica packages its bounty of year-end concerts as a Bach Festival, they have a wider range than the convenient title ...

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Tafelmusik will launch the new year with a euphoric celebration of Bach in Bach Brandenburgs!, featuring Concertos Nos. 1, 2, ...

Britten Sinfonia performed at the BBC Proms in 2023 with a programme exploring musical reimagining. Thomas Gould and Britten Sinfonia gave the Proms debut performance of Max Richter’s celebrated ...

Sebastian Bach has announced tour dates for 2026 that will run for six weeks. The Party Never Ends North American run is billed as a spring tour featuring support from Stitched Up Heart, a Los Angeles ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Two workmanlike pieces by the teenage Bach had their New York premiere at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim ...

CHARLESTON — It’s a bit unconventional for a string quartet to perform songs by Prince, Lauryn Hill, Sade and Frank Ocean, but that’s what happened at a recent concert held in the Unitarian Church in ...