Music is traditional at a funeral, like "Mozart's Requiem" and "Amazing Grace." But, "Highway to Hell"? A cemetery manager in Adelaide, Australia, says he's getting more requests for classic rock than ...

Classic hymns and contemporary options. The most popular funeral songs are those that are comforting as well as uplifting. Traditional and contemporary Christian songs fit this category well. However, ...

The wonderful thing about the music of the classical era – from around 1770 to around 1820 – is the way it raises ...

Almost eight hours of Martha Argerich on film. What a glorious prospect! This six-DVD set mostly consists of recordings of live concerts. The set was released to celebrate the great Argentinian’s 80th ...

When you think of funeral music what songs come to mind? Hymns and classical music used to be people’s go to – but all that’s changing. Gerry and the Pacemaker’s ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ has taken ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a famous classical composer from Austria. He began making music as a child and wrote over 600 pieces in his short life. While awards as we know them today did not exist in ...

The most popular songs played at funerals have been revealed, with Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman’s Time To Say Goodbye top of the list. Co-op Funeralcare said its study of songs over the past ...

German dramatic soprano Dorothea Herbert will be playing Leonore in a new Glyndebourne Touring Opera production of Fidelio in October. Her debut album provides a welcome excuse to go back to Vienna ...

"O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done." These evocative lines from Walt Whitman's famous poem encapsulate the emotional weight many of us feel when confronted with the end of a life journey ...

If everything goes as planned, I’m going to die of (un)natural(ly cool) causes at the age of 104 in a pile of naked women, surrounded by chocolate fountains and a dedicated army of corgi minions. The ...