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Berliner Philharmoniker/Barenboim | Classical review

5351 days ago
Guardian MusicSheldonian, OxfordThe Berlin Philharmonic, as it was called then, gave its first concert on 1 May, 1882. Since the early 1990s, it has marked that anniversary with a special concert on May Day in a European cultural centre, broadcast live across Euro... more info

BBC Proms 2010: what not to miss

5352 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom Bach to Birtwistle, Fiona Maddocks selects the best of this year's Proms10 festival blockbusters Prom 1 Fri 16 JulyMahler Symphony No 8, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Belohlávek & choirs. Known as the Symphony of a Thousand, Mahler's stonking master... more info

Berlin Philharmonic and Daniel Barenboim hit Oxford for May Day

5354 days ago
Guardian MusicTune in as one of the world's finest orchestras tunes up – ready for the live broadcast of their European concert tomorrowThe Berlin Philharmonic are in Britain, giving a concert tomorrow morning. No, this isn't a joke. Tomorrow, they're givin... more info

Thomas Adès | Classical review

5354 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonComposers who also conduct often do so differently to their full-time counterparts. Their gestures are simpler – and frequently more useful to their players than the refined curlicue preferred by some career conductors. The com... more info

Stefan Herheim's Wagner revolution

5354 days ago
Guardian MusicWith his kaleidoscopic, collaged productions, the Norwegian director might be the most brilliant Wagnerian alive. Can Covent Garden sign him up?In 19 out of 20 productions of Wagner's opera Tannhäuser, the orchestra intones that famous solemn over... more info

Cosima Wagner: the Lady of Bayreuth: review

5355 days ago
The TelegraphPhilip Hensher on the appaling story of Mrs Wagner and the Keepers of the Bayreuth Flame more info

Powder Her Face | Opera review

5355 days ago
Guardian MusicLinbury Studio, LondonPowder Her Face, Thomas Adès's study of the sexual career of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, propelled its composer to international attention in 1995 and remains the most frequently performed British opera of the last two decad... more info

Surrender. It's Brian Eno

5355 days ago
Guardian MusicBritain's great cultural chameleon Brian Eno wants us all to slow down, relax, and be swept away by art. And the revolution starts in Brighton this weekend'I know this is all going to sound terrible," says Brian Eno over tea at his Notting Hill studi... more info

Gone are the horned helmets in Wagner’s ‘Ring,’ but are new ways always better?

5359 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentToday, stagings of ‘The Ring of the Nibelung’ blast into science fiction, the Industrial Age or Achim Freyer-like Brechtianism. Programmers cheer, but audiences don’t always. ... more info

The 2010 BBC Proms unveiled

5361 days ago
Guardian MusicMy highlights from the season to comeThis morning, as Radio 3 controller Roger Wright talked a group of arts journalists through the 2010 BBC Proms season in the Royal College of Music, the surprise was that there was not one but two "last nights" in... more info

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