The researchers conclude that the 1831 Zavaritskii eruption had a magnitude of 5 to 6, similar in power to the 1991 eruption ...

Geneva Lewis has one of the toughest jobs in town this weekend. In two Hough Family Foundation Masterworks performances with ...

Almost 200 years ago, the Sun looked as if it had turned a strange color, ushering in two years of freakishly cool weather ...

In 1831, a massive volcanic eruption cooled the Earth’s atmosphere by 1 degree Celsius and even caused the Sun to appear in ...

Zavaritskii volcano in the Kuril Islands — a former Soviet nuclear submarine base — was responsible for the mysterious 1831 ...

The program is a virtual reality (VR) and spatial sound installation that allows audiences to experience Felix Mendelssohn's ...

Mendelssohn is one of the 'Sunshine Composers' who, like Rossini and Saint-Saëns, wrote effortless, life-enhancing, optimistic music. 'Felix' is the Latin for 'happy' an auspicious choice for it ...

She was born into a musical family – her mother taught her to play the piano and her brother was the composer Felix Mendelssohn. Fanny was such a brilliant pianist that at the age of 13 she could play ...

Felix Mendelssohn originally wrote the melody for an 1840 cantata commemorating Gutenberg’s printing press, and declared that the “soldier-like” tune would never be suited to a sacred text.

Classical pieces, such as Felix Mendelssohn's triumphant "And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth," complement well-known holiday favorites such as "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." As the ...

A group of teenage music students take part in a composition workshop to create a classical piece inspired by Felix Mendelssohn's 'Fingal’s Cave' with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and composer ...