Booking is now open for this year's eight-week-long classical music extravaganza - let our critics guide you through what's on offer, from Gustavo Dudamel to DJ Switch... more
Viktoria Mullova and John Eliot Gardiner have recorded the Beethoven Violin Concerto on period instruments; they came together to perform it with the London Symphony Orchestra... more
Clive Rowe squeezes into the dame's dress at Hackney Empire, Elton John returns to the O2 and Angelika Kirchschlager hits the high notes in Hansel and Gretel.... more
Several 11th-hour cast changes, together with John Gunter’s oppressive, post-modernist fixed set didn't bode well for Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.... more
St George's Hanover Square, where Handel worshipped, provided a fitting setting for a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion as part of the London Handel Festival.... more
Gladness and rejoicing dominated a concert of four Bach cantatas for Advent conducted by John Eliot Gardiner and performed by his peerless Monteverdi Choir.... more
Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera is best regarded as a work of prophecy. Yet it fails to spring to complete dramatic life, despite the many real pleasures on the way.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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