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Also reviewed: the London Philharmonic’s scrupulous performance of Michael Tippett’s second symphony
Premiere of a gripping new orchestral piece led by Simon Rattle. Plus: English Touring Opera’s The Rake’s Progress
Plus: Antonio Pappano lets rip with the London Symphony Orchestra in Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben
This account of Janáček’s opera, now core to the repertoire, was subtle and precise
This energising album of jazz-related works features a Stravinsky concerto and a percussion-filled suite
The former basketball star’s lush trombone concerto is having its London premiere
The LSO at the Barbican and the Arditti Quartet at Southbank Centre gave stimulating premieres
This release belatedly recaptures the Malian musician’s 2008 collaboration with the orchestra
Nine seamless movements are brought together with skill, patience and detail
The loveable opus has taken its rightful place among the 20th century’s great operas
A premiere by Mark-Anthony Turnage is complemented by Knussen and Britten for Medici TV
The ensemble’s season kicked off with a strong, including a new fanfare by Harrison Birtwistle
Orchestral brilliance gleamed from every number in Bernstein’s musical
The LSO sounded like a different orchestra, playing an all-Ravel programme in this unfamiliar acoustic
This summer experimental and established groups are innovating with pop-up programmes and unusual venues
The conductor led the London Symphony Orchestra in two Barbican concerts themed around last works
Martha Argerich partners with Seiji Ozawa and the Mito Chamber Orchestra; Simon Rattle makes rarely heard items rub shoulders with old favourites
Simon Rattle turned to smaller works for his first Barbican concert of 2018
A riveting, joyous centenary concert at the Barbican
A concert of works by Strauss and Mahler that managed to transcend the limitations of the hall
Marin Alsop conducted a Barbican concert that explored the composer’s Jewish roots
New York architects selected for new home of Simon Rattle’s London Symphony Orchestra
The conductor triumphed in a challenging all-Stravinsky programme
The conductor’s homecoming concert revealed the best in the British new music scene
Simon Rattle and the LSO forged Schoenberg’s disparate elements into a cohesive whole
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