Guardian Music — Wilco, BelfastLately, there's been Wilco (The Album), and even Wilco (The Song). Fans of Jeff Tweedy's group will be delighted to learn, then, that the capacity for self-reference in this groundbreaking alternative rock band is not exhausted yet; mos... more info

Guardian Music — Stephen Moss steels himself for two music-lovers' personal odysseysNorman Lebrecht has been tweeting the virtues of his book on Mahler so vigorously in the past month that I was unusually keen to trash it. I also had something of a personal score to ... more info

Guardian Music — That opening A of the composer's stunning first symphony, to be played at the Proms tomorrow night, still touches more than wordsThe offer of an exclusive pre-publication interview with Tony Blair about his memoir wasn't something to turn down. Havin... more info

Guardian Music — When red lights might not mean stop; What makes classical music classical music? Why Ludo and Monopoly players are good sportsWhen you're at the head of a queue of cars at a roadworks traffic light and you can clearly see no oncoming vehicles, is it ... more info

Guardian Music — Snape Maltings, AldeburghThe vibrant drive of the Australian Chamber Orchestra's Beethoven programme made this last night of the Snape Proms a memorable affair. The ACO is a crack ensemble, the playing strictly disciplined and streamlined. But they c... more info

Guardian Music — Queen's HallIn a festival built around the theme of the new world, the greatest piano work yet composed in the Americas had to be included somewhere in the Edinburgh programme. But Ives's Concord Sonata is never to be taken lightly, either by pianist... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Minnesota Orchestra's Proms with their music director Osmo Vänskä were object lessons in the creation of excitement and meaning without resorting to rhetorical extremes. Bruckner's Fourth Symphony and Beethoven's Nint... more info

Guardian Music — He's made rap, soft rock and once played for 27 hours. But the Canadian's latest venture is his oddest yetIt is sweltering in the north-west Parisian suburb of La Frette-sur-Seine on the afternoon I arrive to meet the performer known once again as "C... more info

The Telegraph — Women will swoon at your feet if you play them Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata - and, says James May, it's surprisingly easy to learn more info

Guardian Music — BBC Proms 2010: Sibelius's Second Symphony | E Numbers: An Edible Adventure | I Can't Stop Stealing | Hurricane Katrina: Caught On Camera | Southland | Coming UpBBC Proms 2010: Sibelius's Second Symphony7.30pm, BBC4David Robertson, the BBC Symphony O... more info