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The Firm is never as menacing as it ought to be

18.09.09

Director Nick Love returns to the testosterone-fuelled world of football violence but gives himself too much to live up to by remaking a classic... more

You're hired! Young maestro is orchestra's apprentice

13.08.09

leading London orchestra has appointed an 'apprentice' conductor after running a competition based on Alan Sugar's BBC television show... more

Modest but truly great conductor

14.07.09

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Schools ministers 'must do better at boosting the arts'

02.06.09

A leading education expert has called for a revolution in the role of the arts in schools... more

Anything Venezuela can do, Lambeth can do much better

20.04.09

As the Simón Bolívar Orchestra thrill London concertgoers, Julian Lloyd Webber explains how they have inspired his own classical music scheme for children on a south London estate ... more

Venezuelan youth orchestra to star in the new season at Festival Hall

14.04.09

The orchestra now hailed as the most successful youth music project in the world is taking up residence in the Southbank Centre... more

Martinu and me

18.03.09

Our writer reveals his passion for a great, unsung Czech composer whose finest opera has a rare performance in London next week...... more

Return of the great British soprano

04.03.09

Amanda Roocroft’s singing career looked burnt out — but her comeback at English National Opera next week offers a lesson for the next generation of divas... more

Music drive strikes a chord with Sting

14.01.09

Sting is to donate a guitar to the Mayor's instrument amnesty in a drive to give every child in London the chance to learn to play music... more

Schumann refreshed by Rattle

09.12.08

A hint of rawness, particularly in the wind instruments, was permitted, even encouraged in Simon Rattle's case. ... more

Insights into old masters at Proms

04.09.08

A mark of great performances is that they enable one to see things in a new light. The Berlin Philharmonic offered two such revelations.... 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

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

The Vaughan identity

30.04.08

He has been out of fashion for more than 50 years, but now composer Ralph Vaughan Williams's vision of Englishness is being celebrated once again.... 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 man mesmerising London

25.03.08

Love it or hate it, the LSO's Mahler cycle is the latest hot ticket. That, says its hair-raising conductor Valery Gergiev, is because 'together we are saying something new'.... more

Nige puts a 'cor-blimey' into Elgar

13.03.08

Nigel Kennedy is back and in blazing form, giving the crowd at Festival Hall a peerless account of the Violin Concerto.... more

A ravishing oratorio

10.12.07

The rarely heard Schumann oratorio Paradise and the Peri was given a welcome outing, with its intoxicating music extremely well captured.... 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

Passion boxed in

14.05.07

Musical standards ruled, even if the tedium of the Pelléas and Mélisande production did its devilish and level best to hijack minds and flatten imagination.... 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

Irresistible if obscure

23.03.07

Daniel Harding marked his appointment as the London Symphony Orchestra's principal guest conductor with a wild, if sometimes woolly finale.... more

Rattle traces some great inspiration

08.03.07

With two giants of British music-making coming together, it is little surprise the Barbican Hall audience was treated to a glorious concert.... more

Who'll be the stars of the arts in 2007?

02.01.07

Our critics introduce the names to watch out for over the next 12 months - the ones you won’t have heard of before, the ones that you’ll suddenly see everywhere – and the one the critics will love best in 2007.... more

Never mind the B**bican

19.09.06

Punk rock, the raucous voice of rebellion in the Seventies, is to be celebrated with an exhibition at one of Britain's most august arts institutions.... more

Rattle brings new fire to Philharmonic

04.09.06

Rumblings of discontent in the German media concerning Simon Rattle's stewardship of the Berlin Philharmonic can safely be discounted.... more

CDs of the week

01.09.06

Basement Jaxx are back to their best, Beyoncé's album is surprisingly understated and there are also impressive outings for Dylan Howe and Sir Simon Rattle.... more

Critic's Choice: Classical

31.08.06

A magnificent weekend of music beckons at the Albert Hall, with Sir Simon Rattle and his Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra the potential highlight.... more