The spirit of Oliver Knussen fills Aldeburgh Festival, plus the best of June’s classical concerts
The Aldeburgh Festival tribute to conductor Oliver Knussen was a feast of finely crafted music in many different styles
The Aldeburgh Festival tribute to conductor Oliver Knussen was a feast of finely crafted music in many different styles
Raised under apartheid and persecuted by the authorities, Bosch rose to become one of the world’s greatest double-bassists
The celebrated conductor on pandemic bail-outs, the Last Night of the Proms and his final season with the LSO
The celebrated conductor on pandemic bail-outs, the Last Night of the Proms and his final season with the LSO
Fearing for his life, tormented by sex: the great philosopher bares his soul in his diaries, finally decoded and translated after 100 years
As he prepares to take over at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the conductor discusses his ambitions for it
This fascinating all-Weill evening was programmed some time ago – in the light of current events, it all felt decidedly prophetic
With concerts free of Covid restrictions at long last, our classical music critic looks ahead to the highlights of this year’s festival
Chief executive Sarah Alexander is on a mission to make the NYO less elitist. Ivan Hewett is impressed
The late, great modernist – and breeder of turtles – was no fan of small talk. But his bracingly primal music spoke for itself
A tribute to his late brother is filled with guitar supremos; Digga D plays with censorship; John Zorn refuses to conform to genre
Anthony Kiedis continues to delight and baffle in equal measure, and Glaswegian new romantics Walt Disco will blow your socks off
It's great that the London Philharmonic didn't play it safe, but a shame that the end result lacked coherence
The Duke of Edinburgh hated fuss, so the music will be based on the choir and organ sound heard in any parish church on a Sunday
A recent concert by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra revealed that ‘good’ and ‘bad’ pride in one's homeland can radiate from a single piece
The Spanish singer's dark electronica makes her a star in any language; Charli XCX goes mainstream, and Brad Mehldau revisits his childhood