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Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev’s energy drives the No 3 along and the No 5 unfolds with urgency
This Hyperion recording featuring brother and sister balances classical rigour and burgeoning romanticism
Iván Fischer chooses to take his time on the Overture, making it a laid-back reverie on a warm summer’s night
The compact company of black and Asian dancers displayed its ample talents with this double bill
The quartet played a programme of Bartók, Haydn and Mendelssohn to a packed hall
The quartet performed Jonathan Dove’s new work ‘In Damascus’, which reflects on suffering and exodus
Northern Ballet’s Brontë adaptation is a textbook example of dance storytelling
Why have male composers consistently eclipsed their talented female counterparts? A biographer attempts to set this right
Birmingham Royal Ballet staged a substantial double bill of Frederick Ashton ballets
A collaborative production featuring Shakespeare’s play and Mendelssohn’s music is a lost opportunity
John Eliot Gardiner with the LSO brings pace, clarity and flaming-eyed conviction to the performance
Subtly interpreted songs based on Tang dynasty poetry were the highlight of the programme
The composer’s new string quartet — here receiving its UK premiere — is ingenious but fragmented
A beautifully executed programme from one of New York’s ‘lesser’ musical institutions
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra prove to be interpreters in the best tradition of the city
These glorious recordings radiate the emotional directness of the composer’s best music
An impressive showcase for the work of Bavarian State Ballet director Ivan Liška
The viola featured prominently in several performances – as did the mandolin
Listen to charming slow movements and quicksilver finales
This was a generous introduction to the violinist’s ‘Artist Spotlight’ series at the Barbican
A work written by the 13-year-old Korngold was the centrepiece of this programme
Frans Brüggen imparts a light-footed fluency that makes the music sound as if the ink is still drying on the page
Leipzig celebrates the birthday of Richard Wagner, its most controversial son
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