Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonIt was a coincidence, Stephen Hough announced before the final concert of his current Wigmore residency, that he had come up with an all-English programme for the Jubilee weekend. If so, it was nevertheless an inspired one, since ... more info

Guardian Music — Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolVenezuela continues, it would seem, to turn out young musicians with astonishing potential. We are, of course, already familiar with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.We now, however, have the phe... more info

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Guardian Music — Royal Opera House; Wilton's Music Hall; St Sepulchre-without-Newgate; Royal Festival Hall, LondonBoom-diddy-boom. Opera is always obsessed with the foibles and frailties of the human heart, but no librettist carried a better stethoscope than Lorenzo ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonLast summer, Daniel Barenboim played both of Liszt's piano concertos in a single concert at the Festival Hall, with Pierre Boulez conducting. Predictably that was a headline-hogging event, sold out months ahead, and doubtle... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, London"This is probably the most extreme piece I've ever played," warned Stephen Hough after sitting down at the piano for his latest concert as the Wigmore Hall's artist-in-residence. Few in the audience would have heard Morton Feldman... more info

Guardian Music — St David's Hall, CardiffByron called his poem Manfred a metaphysical drama, but when Tchaikovsky used the story of self-imposed exile as the basis of his programmatic symphony, the parallels with his own personal torment, his homosexuality, must have... more info

Guardian Music — Symphony Hall, Birmingham; Bamberg, GermanyDouble basses quiver and swirl on a note so murky it is hard to hear the pitch. A lone trumpet ascends in a three-note sunrise through an octave, followed by a cataclysm of thundering drumbeats. Add to that ... more info

Guardian Music — Stephen Hough (piano), Bergen Philharmonic/Litton(Hyperion)Does the world really need another recording of the Grieg piano concerto? The answer has to be an emphatic yes when the soloist is the barnstorming Stephen Hough, a pianist with the fascinat... more info

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