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Turn of the Screw with a sinister twist

27.10.09
Charles Mackerras conjures a dark, sinister quality that perfectly complements the oppressive visual picture in Turn of the Screw.... more

Gilbert's satire still punishes the poseurs

12.08.09
Proms 2009: So long as vanity, affectation and poseurs are with us, Patience will have its targets.... more

Pick of the Proms - from Bollywood to Barenboim

26.05.09
No other festival offers so much for so little money. Here is a round-up of the concerts not to be missed as part of this year's Proms festival.... more

Martinu and me

18.03.09
Our writer reveals his passion for a great, unsung Czech composer whose finest opera has a rare performance in London next week...... more

Best CDs of 2008

19.12.08
From funk to fado, our critics round up the albums of the year.... more

Brendel's tireless appetite

13.10.08
Beaming as he strode on stage, Alfred Brendel might have been starting a career, not ending one lasting more than 60 years.... more

Bonking Don brings Mozart to the masses

09.09.08
Don Giovanni stars delicious Simon Keenlyside in an undelicious long red wig; with Charles Mackerras, ever wise and brisk, conducting.... more

A perfect feast from Handel

18.08.08
The Orchestra and Choir of the Enlightenment responded magnificently to Charles Mackerras's spirited, authoritative direction during their performance of Belshazzar at the Proms.... more

Servant turns master in Nozze di Figaro

25.06.08
By skilful recasting, the essence of Nozze di Figaro has been, if anything, enhanced for the latest Royal Opera production.... more

Rattle to conduct every Schumann symphony

18.04.08
Sir Simon Rattle will conduct all Schumann's symphonies and pianist Alfred Brendel will play his final London concert in the new classical music season at the Southbank Centre... more

Rhythm of life

04.04.08
Charles Mackerras had the opportunity to bring rhythmic flexibility to Schumann’s Symphony No 3 (Rhenish) but he seized it with only one hand, says Barry Millington. ... more

Celebrating four centuries of brass

30.07.07
Brass Day was the sort of blowout the Proms thrive on, with hundreds of performers celebrating four centuries of brass in all its glory.... more

Watson shines as Katya in remarkable opera

21.06.07
Janice Watson puts in the star turn as Katya Kabanova in this 1994 production revived by Andrew Sinclair... more

Triumph of the lovelorn knight

27.02.07
Thunderous applause greeted Bejun Mehta, the American counter-tenor, when he took his bow after a sensational performance of the title role in Handel's Orlando at Covent Garden.... more

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