The early string quintets on this program represent the passions of their composers: W. A. Mozart, the avid violist wanting to join the ensemble, and Luigi Boccherini, the premier cello virtuoso of ...

Recorded at Wigmore Hall, London. The Nash Ensemble with Roderick Williams, baritone, perform Mozart, Mendelssohn and the Italians. One of the graceful quintets with two cellos by the Italian-born, ...

Born in the same town as Puccini, Luigi Boccherini’s future lay a very long way from Europe’s major musical centres, in the isolated Gredos Mountains in Central Spain. Martin Buzacott looks at some ...

This year marks the 275th anniversary of the birth of Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini. He isn't as well known as other composers like Mozart or Haydn — but some say he should be. Minuet ...

Composer Luigi Boccherini died in obscurity, but his work deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Haydn's, writes Eileen… Composer Luigi Boccherini died in obscurity, but his work deserves to ...

Boccherini’s love for Madrid inspired him to write “Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid.” Scott Yoo tries his hand at playing this famously difficult piece. Boccherini had brough string music to ...

Cork has been the permanent base of a professional string quartet, courtesy of RTÉ, for half a century now. And, courtesy of West Cork Music, the celebration of the southern capital's term as European ...

Join Scott Yoo and musicians on a night tour of Madrid to uncover Boccherini’s deep love for the city and learn how his iconic "Night Music of the Streets of Madrid" was inspired by his time in Spain, ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Flinders Quartet, Melbourne's premier string quartet, makes its debut ...