Guardian Music — As he brings the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to London, conductor Bernard Haitink discusses the secret of playing Mahler, what the Nazis did to music, and playing a Prom through gritted teethMost conductors dream of being the principal conductor of a ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonMariss Jansons always responds to the Proms. In other halls, the conductor's tightly marshalled interpretations can lack revelatory qualities, but in the Albert Hall he tends to summon up something much more searching. In thi... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonAlmost unnoticed, last week's proms included a miniature Respighi season, spread across three evenings. The works that make up his Roman trilogy were featured in successive concerts, and the central panel was Fountains of Ro... more info

Chicago Tribune — Susan Graham: The luminous American mezzo-soprano favors Ravinia with a recital that spans more than a century of French song, from Bizet, Gounod and Faure to Duparc, Debussy, Poulenc and Messiaen. Brian Zeger, director of the Steans Institute vocal... more info

Stereogum — People seemed to dig into Laura Groves aka Blue Roses, a British singer-songwriter and our most recent BTW. Her debut arrives States side this month via XL, and the label has handily posted a three-song video session to ease her introduction. Then... more info

Stereogum — Not to be confused with Dan Bejar's pet project, Blue Roses is the performing name of Yorkshire singer-songwriter Laura Groves. Back home, she's landed at the fertile NME/BBC/Guardian intersect of critical kudos, but things States side are set to lau... more info