Guardian Music — The musical 'genomes' generate melodies that have a superficial coherence, with all the dryness and greyness that suggestsIamus's Hello World! for piano, clarinet, and violin, ought to pose existential questions about the integrity of musical composi... more info

Guardian Music — The first music composed by computer considered good enough for top-class musicians to play is to be performed to mark the 100th anniversary of Alan Turing's birthTake our own musical Turing test hereAs soon as you see the title of Iamus's compositio... more info

Guardian Music — Various Artists(EMI, six CDs)There's no particular Gustav Holst anniversary being celebrated at the moment, so perhaps it is just the current emphasis on all things British that has encouraged EMI to bring together such a comprehensive range of the H... more info

Guardian Music — St Paul's Cathedral, LondonThe word "awesome" is spoken often enough, but we've largely forgotten what it means. No wonder, given that we have mostly either stopped fearing our gods or simply buried them, ironised our heroes and villains into identik... more info

Topix — The London Symphony Orchestra, live at the Olympics opening ceremony? Yeah, not so much . more info

Guardian Music — As the composer and conductor celebrates his 60th birthday year, he talks to Fiona MaddocksRead Tom Service's guide to Knussen's musicDid you always find music a living entity – in the sense that you were always a composer, never content with perfo... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonIt's 17 years since Michael Tilson Thomas stepped down as the London Symphony Orchestra's principal conductor. But he returns regularly, and there is now talk that he might be open to a second stint at the LSO's helm when Valery Gergi... 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

Guardian Music — The 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

Guardian Music — On 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