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Boulez pays tribute to his teacher

2008-12-11T00:00:00Z

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

Music

2008-10-02T11:26:16Z

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.

Rattle as fresh as ever

2008-09-02T23:00:00Z

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

Desert Storm for Flat Horizon

2008-08-06T23:00:00Z

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

Catchee Damon Albarn's Monkey

2008-07-23T23:00:00Z

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.

A touch of Paris in Proms

2008-07-21T23:00:00Z

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

The 25 must-see Proms

2008-07-16T09:10:17Z

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

Why does the Southbank need another �16.5 million?

2008-05-21T09:32:52Z

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

Messiaen in context

2008-05-01T23:00:00Z

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

Rattle to conduct every Schumann symphony

2008-04-18T08:35:19Z

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

Co-ordinates are set for the Proms, Doctor

2008-04-09T09:56:29Z

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.

The concert craze has only just begun

2008-03-19T14:15:26Z

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.

A song of love

2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

From Radiohead to Hollywood

2008-02-08T10:52:16Z

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

Faultless display of Messiaen magic

2008-02-04T00:00:00Z

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

Telling folk tales

2008-01-21T00:00:00Z

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

Power from a prisoner

2007-05-10T23:00:00Z

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

Pintscher lets the listeners do the work

2006-11-15T00:00:00Z

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