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Bursting with passion

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

New mother Myleene Klass: 'I only get four hours sleep a night'

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Pop goes 2007 - music review of the year

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Timeless lament for a world turned bad

17.12.07
The depths of grief are plumbed in five spirituals and in the first of the two performances given by the LSO under Colin Davis.... more

Attractive Berlioz but without thunder

13.12.07
An all-Berlioz concert under the baton of Colin Davis looked like a recipe for sure-fire success, but it was some time coming.... more

Modern-day Cosi played for laughs

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Cheers greeted Jonathan Miller at the fifth revival of his 1995 staging of Mozart's Così fan Tutte at Covent Garden.... more

Bronze for Berlioz

27.06.07
This thrilling hybrid work is an insane pleasure that leaves the audience as exhausted as the performers.... more

Boy with a baton

08.05.07
Simon Rattle made his Glyndebourne debut at 22. Now at 24, Robin Ticciati is following in his footsteps of his great mentor - and he's terrified. ... more

Classical battle for Sting and Macca

03.04.07
Sting and Sir Paul McCartney will go head-to-head at this year's Classical Brit Awards.... 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

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Pappano packs a powerful punch

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One of the LSO's starriest guest conductors, Antonio Pappano drew delighted gasps and a spontaneous round of applause from a capacity audience at the Barbican Hall.... more

Davis goes out on a high note

13.12.06
As the LSO performed Handel's Messiah at the Barbican it was the departure of their principal conductor that was on everyone's minds rather than the advent of the Newborn King.... more

Pianist shows strength and weakness

25.09.06
Pianist Evgeny Kissin has great talent, but as he demonstrated at the Barbican, he often squanders it in displays of crashing insensitivity. Conductor Colin Davis didn't help matters either.... more

Never mind the B**bican

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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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