Guardian Music — Philip Thomas(Huddersfield Contemporary Records)For anyone who wants to get a sense of the range and density of the teeming output of Michael Finnissy, 70 this year, his piano music is as a good place as any to start. It’s music that can be ov... more info

Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonIt's a decade now since the conductor and composer James Weeks and soprano Juliet Fraser brought together a group of young singers, a consort rather than a choir, to perform contemporary music. Exaudi have gone on to build an i... more info

Guardian Music — If the Mercury 2012 judges want to reward fresh and dynamic new music, why has classical music disappeared from the list?There's no classical on the Mercury shortlist this year; just another season in which the tumbleweeds turn for contemporary class... more info

Guardian Music — 4'33" has made him famous – or should that be notorious? – but listen to his actual music and you'll hear that there's a great deal more to John Cage than his ideas• All articles in this seriesJohn Cage. A wolf in sheep's clothing. Not my aphor... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall; Cadogan Hall, LondonBerlioz's Requiem offers a mighty visual spectacle as well as an aural one. In this performance under Thierry Fischer, the row of 10 timpanists lined up behind an expanded BBC National Orchestra of Wales – at ... more info

Guardian Music — Few composers face up to the creative responsibilities of the freight of musical history as sensitively as this prolific musicianAll articles in this seriesI'm listening to Michael Finnissy's piano music. And my ears and my brain don't know where to ... more info

Guardian Music — Pittville Pump Room, CheltenhamThe vocal ensemble Exaudi – celebrating its 10th anniversary this year – never fails to demonstrate its remarkable versatility in repertoire ranging from late medieval to bang-up-to-the-minute contemporary. But it's... more info

Guardian Music — Kreutzer Quartet(NMC)The most recent of Michael Finnissy's numbered quartets date from 2007 and 2009 respectively though, as Christopher Fox's sleeve notes reveal, the Third Quartet was actually conceived before its predecessor. Both have classical ... more info

Guardian Music — On Monday 19 December, the Guardian is live streaming the Aurora orchestra's performance of Mozart's Requiem, featuring the choir of King's College, Cambridge, from Kings Place in London. Here's why the mysteries of Mozart's final piece are richer an... more info

Guardian Music — Okazaki/Powell/Esbjerg Ensemble/Austin(NMC)The focus of the first disc devoted to Morgan Hayes's music is a fine performance with Keisuke Okazaki as soloist of his 2006 Violin Concerto. It's the longest single span of music (at 17 minutes) the 38-yea... more info