Guardian Music — Many classical music lovers will remember the extraordinary sight of the white geodesic dome used by the chamber group Domus in the early 1980s. Domus was founded by the American cellist Felix Wurman, who has died of cancer, aged 51.Felix met his Do... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonShostakovich's first quartet has often been misunderstood as a timid, almost glib response to his humiliating dressing down by the regime in 1936. Subtitled Springtime, and composed of four brief movements in an insouciant idiom, ... more info

Scotsman.com — ALFRED BRENDEL * * * * * Mozart Piano Concerto No 9, Beethoven Piano Sonata No 13 Decca 478 2116, £15.99 more info

Big Apple Music Scene — It seems like Cracker has been around forever, right? Well, only since 1991, but that’s still a long time! And the group is still touring! They’ll be at Highline Ballroom on Friday, January 15, along with Camper Van Beethoven (buy tickets here). ... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonThe third concert in the German ensemble's Beethoven cycle placed one of the early Op 18 sets alongside a middle-period work and one of the late quartets. They began with the so-called Harp Quartet, from the ­middle period. Hav... more info

Guardian Music — Some of today's best composers have been asked to write pieces to be paired with each Mahler symphony in the Manchester celebration. Here, they consider what the composer means to them todayDetlev GlanertThe rediscovery of Mahler's music in the 60s a... more info

Guardian Music — How did Mahler go from being a byword for excess to the composer every orchestra wants to perform? On the 150th anniversary of his birth, Tom Service explores the passions that powered his musicI didn't like Mahler when I first heard his music. Actua... more info

Guardian Music — Upside Down charts drink and drug-fuelled years of label that signed Oasis, Primal Scream and My Bloody ValentineWhen an unsigned Noel Gallagher took the train from Manchester to meet the bosses of Creation records in 1993, he had little idea what to... more info

This Scene Is Dead — Carrying on with a classical slant for today. The Beethoven posting from a few weeks ago proved fairly popular, and so has given me the idea to try and do a few more music selections from the tiny classical side of my music collection. This one was a... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonBeethoven's 17 string quartets can be fitted neatly into six recitals, but how they are arranged within those programmes still gives plenty of scope for imagination. Most groups spread the six late works and the early Op 18 set... more info