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Leila Josefowicz’s performance is elegant, sweet-toned and hyper-alert
This contemporary tale of a modern woman is at once a violin concerto and an orchestral showpiece
The orchestra played brilliantly for James Levine. The rest of the evening was less inspiring
A successful learning strategy is one where there is visible commitment to developing talent
Adams’ opera is problematic – but not for the reasons that sparked angry protests
Composer combines the Californian film industry’s polyglot aesthetic with his own virtuoso orchestral technique
Alan Gilbert presided over second performances of two recent works
An impeccable cast sang as if a masterpiece were at hand – but Nico Muhly’s opera is simply silly
‘Brick by Brick: How Lego rewrote the rules of innovation and conquered the global toy industry’, by David Robertson
Though inventively staged and musically excellent, this production exposed the flaws in Unsuk Chin’s opera
A change of venue and conductor for a showcase of contemporary daring in three bracing guises
The orchestra’s most important current collaborators were on hand to celebrate its 80th birthday
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