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Semper Dowland and The Corridor open Aldeburgh

15.06.09

The 62nd Aldeburgh Festival inhabits familiar territory with The Corridor.... more

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

Musical adventure at Aldeburgh Festival

24.06.08

The audienceat the Aldeburgh Festival sat enthralled, as if collectively stunned by a most Gallic coup de foudre.... more

Schoenberg�s romantic side

01.05.08

Boulez thoroughly deserved the ovation he got for navigating the LSO through a bold exploration of 20th-century modernism, says Barry Millington.... 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

The edge of the audible

14.03.07

It is a measure of the respect and affection in which the late Gyorgy Ligeti was held that the QEH could be packed for this posthumous tribute.... more

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