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Boulez pays tribute to his teacher

11.12.08

Paris-based Ensemble Intercontemporain orchestra returned to the South Bank Centre to close the centenary celebration of Olivier Messiaen.... more

Music

08.10.08

Live music, be it opera or rock festivals, is proving more popular than ever � and is offering a desperately needed financial lifeline. London remains the heartbeat of the industry. ... more

Rattle as fresh as ever

03.09.08

The cheers began even before Sir Simon Rattle had walked through the orchestra, rightly judged the best in the world, and mounted the podium.... more

Desert Storm for Flat Horizon

07.08.08

George Benjamin's Ringed by the Flat Horizon formed the centrepiece of the BBCSO programme at the Proms. ... more

Catchee Damon Albarn's Monkey

24.07.08

Latex in excess, kung fu, flying fish, jugglers, roller-skaters, plate-spinners and the White Skeleton Demon are all on on show in Monkey: Journey to the West.... more

A touch of Paris in Proms

22.07.08

A capacity audience listened attentively to the warmth and attack of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France at the Albert Hall.... more

The 25 must-see Proms

16.07.08

The 2008 Proms caters for all tastes, prejudices and proclivities as never before. Here are the moments you can't miss.... more

Why does the Southbank need another �16.5 million?

21.05.08

Michael Lynch claimed the Royal Festival Hall revamp was on budget - but there was a hole in the sums.... more

Messiaen in context

02.05.08

Experienced in the context for which it was intended, L'Ascension's static and ecstatic qualities make perfect sense, says Fiona Maddocks. ... 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

Co-ordinates are set for the Proms, Doctor

09.04.08

A special episode of Dr Who, written by Russell T Davies and presented by Freema Agyeman, is to be screened at the Albert Hall as part of the BBC concert series.... more

The concert craze has only just begun

19.03.08

Daniel Barenboim sold out the Festival Hall eight times over with his Beethoven piano cycle. With demand for classical music at an all-time high, it's no wonder London is gaining two new halls.... more

A song of love

08.02.08

The joyful pageant which is Messiaen's Turangalila-Symphonie has to be sampled at least once in a lifetime.... more

From Radiohead to Hollywood

08.02.08

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood is about to become known as one of our best classical composers.... more

Faultless display of Messiaen magic

04.02.08

Paris-based Ensemble Intercontemporain delivered what felt like a faultless performance at the centenary festival for Olivier Messiaen.... more

Telling folk tales

21.01.08

The BBCSO negotiated its way deftly through the ambiguities of Judith Weir's tantalisingly suggestive score under the assured baton of Martyn Brabbins.... more

Power from a prisoner

11.05.07

Olivier Messiaen assembled a group of young players to evoke a sense of the eternity of space and time... more

Pintscher lets the listeners do the work

15.11.06

As his Barbican Hall show reveals, German Matthias Pintscher is a discerning conductor and composer with something distinctive and important to say. ... more