In our occasional series "What's in a Song," produced by the Western Folklife Center, Alaska fisherman and songwriter John Palmes has Johann Pachelbel's "Canon in D" running through his head along ...

It takes more guts than you might think to open a Hartford Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Series event with the Pachelbel Canon. According to the program booklet it is the first time in the history of ...

Train enthusiasts and Baroque specialists unite, this is the video for you. Canon alla Hornpipe. An enduring Baroque masterpiece has been given an adventurous new outing, and there’s no chance of this ...

As wedding traditions evolve, it becomes increasingly common to walk down the aisle to sappy, chart-toppers by Ed Sheeran or wistful acoustic covers of classic rock hits. But Johann Pachelbel's Canon ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Everyone has heard the bass line of Pachelbel's canon in D, but far fewer have seen it. That was until ...

Let's face it, the mere mention of Pachelbel's Canon sends shivers down most cellists' spines. No wonder musicians constantly reinvent the piece with greater or lesser degrees of irony. This band ...

The distinctive chirps of singing cicadas are a highlight of summer in regions where they proliferate; those chirps even featured prominently on Lorde’s 2021 album Solar Power. Now, Japanese ...

Yes, Johann Pachelbel did write more than his famous Canon in D. We'll hear the proof, when violinist Andrew Manze leads the English Concert in a performance of Pachelbel's Suite in F-sharp minor, in ...