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Elusive conception handled well by Thierry Fischer

04.08.09
Thierry Fischer directed a suitably grandiose performance of Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale that relished the harmonic and textural quirks. ... more

Mälkki captures Berlioz's Te Deum's mood

03.08.09
The Proms performance of Berlioz's Te Deum under the talented young Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki conjured the apocalyptic spirit of the piece.... more

First sight of the Proms ... and not a flagwaver around

17.07.09
The vast space of an empty Royal Albert Hall fills with the stirring sounds of a symphony orchestra in full flight... more

Meet Valery Gergiev - the total conductor

23.06.09
Valery Gergiev reveals the missing link between Richard Wagner and Dutch football as he prepares to bring his revamped Ring cycle to London.... more

Pick of the Proms - from Bollywood to Barenboim

26.05.09
No other festival offers so much for so little money. Here is a round-up of the concerts not to be missed as part of this year's Proms festival.... more

Hello, London! Why the world's best performers want to play in the capital

15.04.09
Vienna, Paris and Milan may have the musical heritage but the world’s best performers all want to play here...... 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

Blazing trip to a scaffold with Dudamel

14.08.08
A mood of manic uproar crackled round the auditorium last night the moment the Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel cantered on to the podium.... more

Attractive Berlioz but without thunder

13.12.07
An all-Berlioz concert under the baton of Colin Davis looked like a recipe for sure-fire success, but it was some time coming.... more

Premiere for Salonen's Piano Concerto

31.07.07
Gleefully motoric outer movements contrasted with a lyrical and nostalgic central section as the BBCSO performed with Esa-Pekka Salonen.... more

Bronze for Berlioz

27.06.07
This thrilling hybrid work is an insane pleasure that leaves the audience as exhausted as the performers.... more

The summer's hottest tickets

20.06.07
From blockbuster films and open-air theatre to the Last Night of the Proms and Prince, it promises to be a memorable summer of entertainment in London. Our critics have picked their favourites.... more

That's your Lott

15.05.07
Internationally acclaimed soprano Dame Felicity Lott sings a selection of French melodies at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.... more

All the drama of the Nativity

20.12.06
Hector Berlioz's The Childhood of Christ may not enjoy the status of Handel's Messiah, but it is nevertheless a Christmas perennial.... more

Rustic rasps and a tense frisson

13.09.06
Garish and often over-heated, the London Schools Symphony Orchestra under artistic director Peter Ash put on a show at the Barbican that would have made many full-time orchestras pround.... more

Crowds thin out for orchestral top brass

22.08.06
Last night's LSO event with the revered Sir Colin Davis and a world-class orchestra could not draw the crowds. Is the concert-going public experiencing Proms fatigue, asks Fiona Maddocks?.... more

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