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London Symphony Orchestra to showcase youthful talent

29.10.09
VIDEO: The LSO On Track Youth Orchestra is set to play a special concert at the Barbican.... more

Herbides Ensmeble takes no prisoners

26.06.09
The Hebrides Ensemble played as if it was a matter of life and death.... more

Virgin birth needs divine inspiration in Parthenogenesis

12.06.09
Musically, it's great but you can't call Parthenogenesis drama, says Kieron Quirke.... more

Scots get Cajun in Eclectica Burns Night

22.01.09
On paper it sounds like a musical car crash; in performance Eclectica Burns Night all made perfect sense.... more

Anna Meredith is prom queen

06.08.08
How will Anna Meredith's gutsy, wild new composition for 800 performers be received by the Last Night audience?.... more

Bursting with passion

28.04.08
James MacMillan responds angrily to the St John Passion story, its oases of tranquillity and reflection few and far between.... more

Modern masters show their style

13.03.08
Any doubts that contemporary British music is alive and well would have been reassured by the indispensable Nash Ensemble.... more

Dispiriting display

07.01.08
James MacMillan's symphony was dispiriting and one never felt the talented National Youth Orchestra were being encouraged to dig deep.... more

Rich melodies

15.11.07
There are nearly three hours of impassioned, richly melodic music in James MacMillan's The Sacrifice, excellently performed by a fine cast.... more

Fine start to birthday celebrations

22.02.07
With breathtaking timing and delicacy, there were moments in Mitsuko Uchida's solo passages where impish freedom threatened to become wilfulness.... more

Crowds thin out for orchestral top brass

22.08.06
Last night's LSO event with the revered Sir Colin Davis and a world-class orchestra could not draw the crowds. Is the concert-going public experiencing Proms fatigue, asks Fiona Maddocks?.... more

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