Guardian Music — Once fundamental to musical education, Mozart's symphonies are now being pushed to the cultural marginsMost people would find the claim that the modern world is seriously losing touch with the music of Mozart a ludicrous one. After all, Mozart is Moz... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonRenée Fleming, for many people, is the embodiment of divadom, so it can come as a surprise to learn that she has always been drawn to new music – the legacy, one suspects, of her studies with the great contemporary music singer Jan... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonCelebrating the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth is naturally one of the themes of this year's Proms. The first of the tributes was also the most ambitious – a performance of his only completed opera, Pelléas et Mélis... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonThere is much to warm to about the characterful young Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans, but it was only intermittently revealed in this somewhat uneasy Wigmore recital. Oliemans can be splendid, almost stentorian, in the lower regis... more info

Guardian Music — Opera's a major strand of this year's Proms festival. Here's some of my highlightsI must declare a soupçon of an interest here: I will be a little involved in the wee festival that starts tonight and will be a classical music soundtrack to the summe... more info

Guardian Music — Pittville Pump Room, CheltenhamThe second half of Cheltenham Music festival this year includes a mini-festival within the main programme. Devised by the violinist Katharine Gowers, Time Capsule 1914-1918 is a year-by-year showcase of the chamber and ... more info

Guardian Music — Various Artists(Deutsche Grammophon, 18 CDs)Of the compilations released to mark the 150th anniversary of Claude Debussy's birth this year, this is the most treasurable. As a survey of the music of perhaps of the greatest 20th-century composer it cou... more info

Guardian Music — From Beethoven to Bright Eyes: last week was all about pop paying homage to past mastersLast week we called for your favourite pop songs that borrow from classical music. There may be few as weighty or profound as their classical antecedents, but the... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonEven now, more than 50 years after it all began, the period-instrument movement can still produce wonderful, eye-opening surprises. The frontline of its pioneering has shifted ever closer to our own time, and has now reache... more info

Guardian Music — Oliver Knussen's music packs as much incident and expression into mere minutes than some composers manage in a lifetimeAll articles in this seriesOliver Knussen's huge influence as conductor, teacher, programmer, artistic director, and catalyst for s... more info