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A brilliant display from nine Chinese symphony orchestras
Romeo Castellucci’s take on Alexis de Tocqueville is European auteur theatre at its most tone-deaf
The pianist returned to the venue with his line-up expanded by a brass section
Chekhov’s great drama at the Lyric Hammersmith is refreshing, funny and sad
Jonathan Meese’s reflection on Wagnerian themes at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele tells us little about Wagner
The Dylan song was a ‘blueprint for ageing rockers in quest of a credibility reboot’
The former Labour leader is a likeable co-host of ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’
The American singer ranged across moods and motifs, with a trio that matched her for style and technique
The grime maestro doesn’t want the next generation to forget his pioneer status
David Eldridge’s play skilfully depicts the awkward opening gambits of a potential relationship
The singers’ French may be a little off but this is a stirring production of one of the composer’s mature works
Images of vases and bottles that recall the subtlety of the French painter’s own depthless paintings
Dramatic ballads show the artist’s ability to invest slickly crafted commercial pop with personality
Pan pipes appear without irony and drumbeats mimic the jaunty syncopations of handclapping androids
The album includes a manically overdetermined art-rock number and a mawkishly emotive pop ballad
The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists explore the extremes of the work’s public pomp with supreme flair
The Tunisian oud player assembles a new band for a set of highly composed improvisations
Christian Gerhaher approaches the songs with a new energy, and his finely honed eloquence in the poetry
Pieces vary from pristine solo piano improvisations to rumbustious Latin dances
Hypnotic patterns of blues, north African music and psychedelia unfold through the songs
The Borusan Quartet gives a keenly felt performance, and throws in extras by Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass
The hitmaking duo of the 1970s and 1980s will soon visit London to play live at the O2 Arena
Helen Macdonald takes us into a world attuned to ancient ways, long timescales and quaint terminology
Peter Morgan’s sumptuously slow-moving Netflix series is lavish, luxuriant, and with a cast to die for
A citizen journalist group secretly films and exposes the privation and degradation of life in Raqqa
