The pianist took on two huge pieces that test both player and piano to the limit

Maurizio Pollini's finger-work remains miraculously agile but his playing often felt hectic

This fresh take on Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera invites a knockabout treatment

This production may be far-fetched but the excellent cast keeps things afloat

Thom Southerland’s new staging of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic comes on like a budget Busby Berkeley production, all nifty dance routines and a slightly risqué air

After 70 minutes of male voices, Nick Kimberley found himself longing for some modern minimalism to put grit in the oyster

Possible lack of demand notwithstanding, English National Opera has delivered its first children’s opera in time for Christmas

Last night’s concert led by Gustavo Dudamel was full of commitment and energy

Who can resist a good choir at Christmas? Whether enjoying the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra blast the rafters with Handel’s Messiah or joining in carols with the London Concert Chorus, the capital can get everyone to hark at herald angels

This competition searches out promising conducting talent. In the final, three talented competitors were whittled down to one winner

The Philharmonia concert, led by Juraj Valcuha, showed that putting Mozart alongside Strauss is a good way of celebrating the 150th anniversary of Strauss’s birth

Passion, energy and wit from the Emerson Quartet in an intensely emotional performance

Berlioz’s Beatrice and Benedict overture made a sprightly contrast to the opening phrases of Onslow’s symphony, which, sounding stormy and operatic, were more Rossini than Beethoven

At one level, Philip Glass and Kafka make good companions. Glass writes what he calls “music with repetitive structures”; his deliberate avoidance of harmonic development makes a viable equivalent to the deadpan implacability of Kafka’s prose. Yet it isn't enough to evoke the heartlessness of Kafka's novel

In this carefully weighted performance by the Orchestra of Classical Opera under its artistic director Ian Page, the opening phrases cast an ominous shadow that lingered throughout

In this small venue every bit of eye contact and every gesture means something while Alex Beetschen’s miniaturised orchestra uses only piano, clarinet and viola and despite occasional moments of excess clatter it allows the words to register with unusual force

Leading the London Symphony, Valery Gergiev kicked off the new season with a concert series that embraced works by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov

Last night 164 young players, led by Edward Gardner, gave their all in four explosive showpieces

The bold collaboration of Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra reached new highs

The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra's powerful Proms debut performance under Myung-Whun Chung showed that it can stand alongside the best