Guardian Music — The Sage, GatesheadBelle and Sebastian used to play so quietly that a rustling crisp packet could be louder than the band, perhaps because they wished to avoid the aural havoc that cranked-up rock PA systems could wreak on their painstaking creations... more info

Guardian Music — Radio 3 is devoting the first 12 days of January to the composer, playing everything he ever wroteFull name: Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, but friends called him Wolfie.Age: Ageless.Could you be slightly more specific? OK, 254. ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonWalking into the Royal Festival Hall last Sunday afternoon, it was as if one had stepped backstage by mistake. In a mood of pre-show frenzy, the entire audience seemed to be straightening shirts, brushing down jackets, fixi... more info

Guardian Music — Lighthouse, PooleMarin Alsop's annual guest appearances with the Bournemouth Symphony, the orchestra that she headed between 2002 and 2008, are becoming special occasions in Poole, her rapport with the audience there seeming as close as ever. For her... more info

Guardian Music — Radio 3's decision to play every last Köchel number over 12 days in the New Year will thrill many Mozart fans. But is it an immersion too far?Hoping that you love Mozart as much as I do, I can now go public with certain Mozartian informations I've b... more info

Scotsman.com — BBC Radio 3 is to turn its entire schedule over to Mozart, playing every work written by the composer. more info

Guardian Music — Fray/Philharmonia/Van Zweden (Virgin Classics)David Fray pairs what are arguably the two grandest, most ceremonial of Mozart's piano concertos, and, with superb orchestral support from the Philharmonia and Jaap van Zweden, makes no apologies for pre... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonEvery summer for 20 years, the pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and violinist Lars Anders Tomter have invited musician friends to join them in a small harbour town in Norway for a busman's holiday. Now, with Andsnes about to step down as ... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe piece that raised this concert to an unforgettable climax was Mysteries of the Macabre, an arrangement of three soprano arias from György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre made by Elgar Howarth, who conducted the opera's prem... more info

Guardian Music — Alex Ross's follow-up to The Rest is Noise delights in blurring the lines between pop, classical and jazzThe title of Alex Ross's book – a collection essays that supplements The Rest is Noise, his superb history of music in the 20th century – rea... more info