What is a string quartet? In the Classical period, string quartets were a popular form of chamber music that was composed to be performed in the home of a monarch or aristocrat.

In film and television, it's the role of the composer to enhance and evoke emotion. Award-winning Auckland-based musician, Mahuia Bridgman Cooper, has worked across various genres and music styles for ...

Sunday’s program also features Michael Touchi’s arrangement of “Sonnerie: (The bells) of Saint Genevieve du Mont de Paris,” ...

Memorably described by Gramophone last autumn as the “new kids on the classical block…with lavish pocket money”, Apple’s London-based label Platoon is busy cementing its street cred with an ongoing ...