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Plus: Britten Sinfonia at Milton Court delivered a memorable new song cycle based on poems by an Afghan woman
Carlo Rizzi and the Britten Sinfonia produce plenty of heat for a Cromwellian melodrama
Plus: Antonio Pappano lets rip with the London Symphony Orchestra in Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben
Plus, Britten Sinfonia showcases three new concertos at St Giles Cripplegate
The orchestra and a fine cast give the long-neglected opera an impressive first studio recording
Pieces by three living composers showcase the remarkable range of contemporary British classical
In its UK premiere at the Barbican, the American jazz pianist’s piece was greeted with an ecstatic standing ovation
The composer-conductor and orchestra reach the midpoint of their Beethoven cycle
A new cycle of the composer’s symphonies promised a distinct performing style — and delivered one
Two Proms offered contrasting visions of music-making
Thomas Adès launches his Beethoven cycle with an intriguing juxtaposition
A performance of Bach’s oratorio that followed the path of compromise
A concert that showed the composer in a lighter vein
Gerald Barry’s opera is a wild, funny distillation of Lewis Carroll’s stories
Tick-tock rhythms, multimedia grandstanding and new sounds reflected nearly 50 years of work
The composer’s grief-wracked piece was the main event in a day-long programme
Two Proms in which new works were wrapped in a classical package
The anarchy never palls in the Royal Opera’s production of Gerald Barry’s opera
The first of a five-day series of events celebrated the wide-ranging Dutch composer and friends
Wide-ranging sets from vocalist José James, bassist Eddie Gomez and saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings
The composer’s new work about Alan Turing’s academic obsessions is poetic, at times exquisite
The Canadian soprano was at her best when singing rather than conducting
Crystal Pite’s ‘Polaris’ was the highlight of four choreographic responses to Thomas Adès’s music
Tavener’s last major concert work, a setting of a Sanskrit poem, heard for the first time
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra was on vigorous form at this 40th birthday concert
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