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Michael Tilson Thomas: 'The most important thing about music is what happens when it stops'

4932 days ago
Guardian MusicThe conductor on his relationship with the London Symphony Orchestra, the importance of Mahler, and musical cats and dogsWhen conductor Michael Tilson Thomas emerged as the wunderkind of American music and heir apparent to Bernstein in the early 70s,... more info

LSO play a free concert in Trafalgar Square - in pictures

4942 days ago
Guardian MusicOn Saturday 12 May, the rain clouds briefly lifted and the London Symphony Orchestra played a free concert to an audience of thousands in Trafalgar Square more info

LSO/Gergiev – review

4943 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonValery Gergiev chose Stravinsky's 1948 Mass setting to fire the starting gun for his week-long Stravinsky festival. An interesting choice for portraying variegations in the composer's diverse stylistic spectrum, the Mass isn't really ... more info

Britten: War Requiem – review

4947 days ago
Guardian MusicCvilak/Bostridge/Noseda/Keenlyside/LSO and Chorus/Choir of Eltham College (LSO Live, 2CDs)Released to mark the 50th anniversary of the War Requiem's premiere, this was recorded during a series of Barbican concerts last autumn. The conductor is Giana... more info

Aldeburgh's YouTube orchestra will celebrate Olympic theme

4959 days ago
Guardian MusicYoung musicians auditioned online to join Aldeburgh's world ensemble for Olympic Games festivalAn international orchestra will be born this summer when musicians meet for the first time in a rehearsal hall on the Suffolk coast. In an unprecedented mo... more info

Der Freischütz – review

4967 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonPerformances of Weber's Gothic tale of demonic pacts and shooting trials have become few and far between, so we should be grateful to Colin Davis for presenting it in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra. He feels great fondness... more info

LSO/Bychkov - review

4985 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonPerformances of Mahler's Third Symphony may not be as rare as they used to be, but each one is still an event, and a challenge for any conductor. Semyon Bychkov made his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra two years ago, and an i... more info

Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, Serenade to Music – review

5001 days ago
Guardian MusicRochester Philharmonic/Seaman (Harmonia Mundi)With the chimes of Big Ben rising through the fog of the soft-footed opening bars, Vaughan Williams's London Symphony sings of a city still recognisable, however dramatic the changes since its 1914 premie... more info

Hallé/Elder – review

5003 days ago
Guardian MusicSymphony Hall, BirminghamThe prospering closeness between the Hallé and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is proving to everyone's advantage. Here was the Hallé giving a concert in Symphony Hall while Andris Nelsons and his orchestra contin... more info

Olympic closing ceremony will be 'celebration of British music'

5024 days ago
Guardian MusicTwo-and-a-half-hour production to close London 2012 will be 'elegant mash-up of British music', says creator Kim GavinFresh from flipping her middle finger at the Brits and breaking sales records on both sides of the Atlantic, a ubiquitous 23-year-ol... more info

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