Guardian Music — It's 30 years since the death of Glenn Gould, but the pianist still provokes strong reactions. So how do today's top players assess his legacy?It still sounds like nothing you've ever heard, however many times you listen to it: Glenn Gould's first re... more info

Guardian Music — Symphony Hall, BirminghamA new season, a new Beethoven cycle. Birmingham is going where Manchester has been twice in recent years and the Proms were less than two months ago. The nine-month Birmingham series includes all the concertos and a selection... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonWhen it comes to programme-building, Elisabeth Leonskaja seems to favour exclusivity. Instead of the pick-and-mix approach adopted by so many of her colleagues, she prefers to devote a whole evening to just one composer, notably B... more info

Guardian Music — Town Hall, LeedsThe final of this year's Leeds International Piano Competition was that rarest of events, a closely fought musical contest that generated tremendous tension and excitement. The standard was high. None of the finalists in any way disgr... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonThe Artemis Quartet's Wigmore Hall concerts over the last couple of seasons have been focused on Beethoven, dovetailing with the release of the cycle of the complete quartets that they recorded for Virgin Classics. They also playe... more info

Guardian Music — His compositions are the ultimate in complexity. So how to approach the works of this philosophically demanding musician?Here's a question. What is complexity in music? Is there any music more complex than, say, the six-part Ricercar, with its six in... more info

Guardian Music — Joe Queenan excelled in his analysis of finger pointing and fault findingArchive on 4: A Brief History of Blame (R4) | iPlayer Blasphemy and the Governor of Punjab (R4) | iPlayerBack from a holiday where the only available radio offered tinnitus hous... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonBruckner died before completing his Ninth Symphony, whose three finished movements comprise one of music's most tantalising fragments. While Bernard Haitink, who conducted this performance by the Vienna Philharmonic, feels th... more info

Guardian Music — The eight-week Proms season comes to a close this weekend. How was it for you? And who would you like to see next year?The eight-week Proms season comes to a close this weekend. Seventy-six concerts in the Albert Hall, eight further in the chamber mu... more info

Guardian Music — Nicky Campbell joins Lang Lang in celebration of instrument that coincides with Leeds International Piano CompetitionThe presenters Nicky Campbell, Jane Garvey and Shaun Keaveny are among those to be transformed from complete novices to concert music... more info