One of the reasons, if a lesser one, that Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring") created a scandal at its Paris premiere on May 29, 1913 –more than a century ago now– was that, ...

It’s been eight years since the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra made its last visit to Washington, under the baton of Mariss Jansons. But they must have made quite an impression; I’ve never heard so ...

As Adès premieres an orchestral work, “The Exterminating Angel” is receiving something rare in contemporary opera: a new production. By Joshua Barone Not everything was an artistic or audience success ...

Earlier this year it was announced that the BBC Singers - the UK’s sole full-time professional chamber choir - would be axed as a result of the continued freeze on the licence fee, and the subsequent ...

When Simon Rattle took to the podium he explained, for anyone who did not already know, the story behind them: pocket Shostakovich in 20 impassioned minutes, with illustrations from the orchestra.

Perhaps we've just now been spoiled at the Proms by two conductors who seem so mesmerisingly immersed in every moment. Rattle's Mahler no longer seems to live and breathe in quite the same almost ...