The fandango is Spain’s most alluring national dance, and the story goes that even the most solemn clergyman could not resist it.

John’s enduring influence is evident today in the rich sights and sounds of Christian liturgy.

When the capital of the Roman Empire was in the grip of a violent earthquake, it fell to one small child to save all the people.

While on tour in Austria, Irish tenor Michael Kelly was introduced to Mozart, and discovered a man of many talents and much kindness.

John Mansur, working in Islamic Syria, thought he could safely criticise the Roman Emperor for meddling in Christian worship. But he was wrong.

An amateur composer once asked Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart how he thought of his lovely music and — for one performance only — the maestro told him.