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Live music: coming up

4462 days ago
Guardian MusicTake a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about any live music you've seen recentlyEach week we share a list of concerts our writers will be reviewing. Here's what they'll be writing about in the next few days (all ... more info

LSO/Davis – review

4495 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonSir Colin Davis's ongoing exploration of the six symphonies of Carl Nielsen with the London Symphony Orchestra is not presented in numerical order; it was the second that provided the climax of this penultimate programme in their Barb... more info

Portrait of the artist: Janine Jansen, violinist

4498 days ago
Guardian Music'I try to take reviews with a pinch of salt. But I'm devastated when someone says I played without feeling'What got you started?My whole family are musicians, so there was always a lot of music around. I started out singing in the choir that my fath... more info

Click to Download: Abbey Road composition competition, Okkervil River, Odd Future

4503 days ago
Guardian MusicAbbey Road Studios has started its own talent competition – and it beats the heck out of the X Factor, reckons Chris SalmonEarly in 2011, Abbey Road Studios launched a contest for unsigned composers as part its 80th anniversary celebrations. Entran... more info

LSO/Gergiev/Mutter – review

4504 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonValery Gergiev's latest concert with the London Symphony Orchestra marked the start of Anne-Sophie Mutter's residency with the orchestra, as well as forming an 80th birthday tribute to the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. Mutter pl... more info

LSO/Zhang – review

4523 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonAlexander Zemlinsky's only symphonic poem, The Mermaid (Die Seejungfrau), based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale about the water nymph who yearned to experience human love, is still a bit of a rarity. Zemlinsky withdrew the scor... more info

Joan of Arc at the Stake – review

4527 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonArthur Honegger's dramatic oratorio formed the opening gesture in what the London Symphony Orchestra called its Joan of Arc weekend, with Richard Einhorn's Voices of Light, written as a score to Carl Dreyer's film The Passion of Jo... more info

Orchestras and bands join the fight for Yorkshire's amazing music and drama library

4531 days ago
Guardian MusicThursday is decision day in Wakefield for an organisation which has made the city famous among amateur musicians and theatre groups across the UKMusic makers across the north of England, and indeed more widely, are on tenterhooks as the countdown tic... more info

LSO/Järvi – review

4548 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican Hall, LondonThis concert in celebration of Steve Reich's birthday – the American composer turned 75 two weeks ago – began with the sound of clapping and ended with an ovation. Both were inevitable. Reich himself partnered Neil Percy in... more info

War Requiem – review

4553 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonThe London Symphony Orchestra and its chorus are about to visit New York to give three concerts at the Lincoln Centre. Large-scale choral music features prominently, with Colin Davis repeating the performance of Beethoven's Missa Sole... more info

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