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Beware smart men and the pinkish dawn

01.09.09
Why was nothing was learned from the Enron morality tale?... more

Glorious opening for Proms with Belohlavek

20.07.09
The opening night of the Proms 2009 was a fair token of a season that will include Goldie, Jonny Greenwood and and an Indian Voices Day.... more

Philarmonia closes Southbank season

01.07.09
A performance by the Philharmonia Orchestra brought its South Bank season to a close but there was no sense of end-of-term laxness. ... more

Perahia gets in the zone

06.02.09
A pair of Schubert Impromptus, miraculously executed, returned Murray Perahia to his comfort zone, says Barry Millington.... more

John Eliot Gardiner's Brahms bites back

06.10.08
John Eliot Gardiner's concert began with choral pieces by Brahms and his antecedents. The result was an episodic, but fascinating first half. ... more

London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski perfectly serve German masters

29.09.08
Chief conductor Vladimir Jurowski chose an illuminating programme of German repertoire for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, each piece throwing light on the other two. ... more

Turn off the text - why a postcard has the edge

22.08.08
Posting cards from holiday is back in fashion. We are rediscovering the real poetry in their handwritten messages, says one enthusiast... more

Youthful orchestra matures

15.08.08
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra's concert at the Proms brought home just how meticulous Daniel Barenboim's coaching is.... more

Athletics on Strings in Kreizberg concert

06.08.08
Dvorak's Sixth Symphony is not his most incisive work but Kreizberg kept it taut, allowing spacious liberties in the Trio.... more

Epic celebration of anniversary with Belohlávek

24.07.08
If Brahms's Second Symphony was less sunny than in some performances, the tension and drive more than compensated at the Proms.... more

Philharmonia's Dazzling performance

06.06.08
The pairing of Gustavo Dudamel and Piotr Anderszewski offered the tantalising prospect of one musical genius striking sparks off another. ... more

Change of keys

28.05.08
Polish virtuoso Krystian Zimerman's presence at Festival Hall last night was the first of his many pleasant surprises.... more

Youthful twists on tradition

09.05.08
The Hampstead and Highgate Festival is back; flying the flag for accessible contemporary music alongside traditional classics.... more

Rhythm of life

04.04.08
Charles Mackerras had the opportunity to bring rhythmic flexibility to Schumann’s Symphony No 3 (Rhenish) but he seized it with only one hand, says Barry Millington. ... more

Bringing turbulent energy to Brahms

04.03.08
New York-based ensemble the Emerson Quartet drew a well informed and totally attentive audience for their series of three Brahms concerts. ... more

CDs of the week

18.02.08
A welcome treat from Goldfrapp, The Feeling up their game on new album Join With Us, and perfect pop from Nada Surf.... more

Tributes to the giant of the piano

23.01.08
Remembering Rubinstein was a worthy tribute to one of the great pianists of the 20th century.... more

Impeccable technique

31.10.07
Paul Watkins delivers some of the most accomplished cello playing to be heard in Britain today, thinks Barry Millington... more

A voice that goes to the heart of Lieder

30.10.07
At 28, glamorous soprano Kate Royal is not yet the finished article - but she is definitely the real thing, thinks Nick Kimberley.... more

Thrilling journey through Brahms

29.10.07
John Eliot Gardiner and Orchestre Révolutionnaire looked back to Bach and beyond at the Royal Festival Hall.... more

From Uzbekistan to Benny Goodman

24.10.07
The world renowned Endymion chamber group is coming to the Wigmore Hall and This is London readers can take advantage of a special 2 for 1 ticket offer.... more

Anglo-French at Dover

17.09.07
The Rose Bakery is an Anglo-French venture where the menu wouldn't help anyone stay at size zero.... more

Brahms blasted by the brass

06.09.07
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly brought a palpably less well nourished tone to Beethoven and Brahms.... more

Very intimate Mahler

14.08.07
Paavo Jarvi drew an inward reading from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, with immaculately controlled brass and wind solos at the Proms.... more

Piano master in right key

30.05.07
Next month Alfred Brendel, under the baton of Christoph von Dohnanyi, will interpret Beethoven's piano concerto no 3 with the Philharmonia. ... more

New Light on Dvorak

16.05.07
Conductor Simon Rattle creates a revelation out of Dvorak with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Barbican. ... more

Chilling portrait of a warrior

19.02.07
Joshua Bell's vigorous account of Brahms's Violin Concerto was the triumph of the London Symphony Orchestra's Janacek Day, says Fiona Maddocks. ... more

Get back to where you once belonged, Paul

06.11.06
Paul McCartney's Ecce Cor Meum has been eight years in the making. Any student composer could have knocked off a better hour's worth of music than this vacuous tosh in as many days.... more

Chopin becomes pure gold

31.08.06
Chinese pianist Lang Lang brought a touch of magic to Chopin's Piano concerto No 1 in E minor at the Proms. But what was to follow, says Barry Millington, was utterly mesmerising.... more

Americans offer orchestral alternative

30.08.06
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has become one of the most exciting ensembles in the US over the past few years. Tonight, Prommers will get a chance to hear them for themselves.... more

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