Mercury News, California — Led by Michael Tilson Thomas, the orchestra played exceptionally well Wednesday in a program that also featured Beethoven and Brahms. The program continues through Saturday. more info

Mercury News, California — The respected recitalist -- who was younger than 6 years old when he first sat down at a piano and, without any training, simply began to play Christmas carols -- performs Bach, Beethoven and Schubert in San Jose Sept. 18. more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonChristopher Maltman opened the new Wigmore season with a powerhouse recital of Schiller settings by Schubert, Schuman and Liszt. The task he and pianist Graham Johnson set themselves was not an easy one. Schiller's influence on mu... more info

Topix — A Far Cry will play Bach, Beethoven, and more at Jordan Hall Sept. 23. HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY Harry Christophers opens the new H&H season with a program of mostly Haydn and Mozart, including the latter's Piano Concerto No. more info

DrownedInSound — This week's Spotifriday playlist, formed from the content this week. It features SBTRKT, Ghostpoet, Laura Marling, Dels, Grace Jones, Beethoven and a few more. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — Colin Davis inspired some Prom-goers with Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, while others disrupted the Israel Philharmonic with a raucous rendition of Ode to JoyThe penultimate week of the Proms witnessed the festival's ugliest moments, with the noisy disr... more info

Topix — Wardell Quezergue Sr., the legendary musical arranger whose contributions to a plethora of New Orleans rhythm & blues classics earned him the moniker "the Creole Beethoven," died this morning at East Jefferson Hospital following a lengthy illness. more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe first of the Pittsburgh Symphony's two concerts with their music director Manfred Honeck should have begun with a rarity: the first-ever work at the Proms by the German Walter Braunfels (1882-1954), his Fantastic Appearan... more info

DrownedInSound — Believe me, whatever excuses you have for not listening to classical music, I’ve already heard them, and frankly, I’m not impressed. Can anyone who sincerely loves music really afford to claim that it magically began when Robert Johnson came back... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonColin Davis recently likened conducting Beethoven's Missa Solemnis to "failing to reach the top of Mount Everest". Ranked among the grandest of human confrontations with the idea of God, the score was the product of immense s... more info