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An evocative reading of Tippett's early masterpiece sits proudly alongside a blistering performance of Beethoven's lasting gift to the world. 

Another British music extravaganza from Sir Antonio Pappano and LSO proves to be a hit for an enthusiastic full house at the Barbican. 

In Bridgewater Hall, Kahchun Wong conducts the second Mahler symphony of his Hallé tenure. 

Des forces orchestrales et chorales exemplaires, des solistes de premier plan et un chef inspiré : il n'a rien manqué à l'œuvre de Verdi, écoutée dans un silence religieux par une salle captivée.

Sir Antonio Pappano leads the massed forces of the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra in a rousing rendition of Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio. 

Prieto conducted the young musicians in three compositions from the 1940s which showed the budding talent to which we have to look forward.

Riddle me this: what is the result of combining Andrei Serban's beloved staging of Turandot with Antonio Pappano's first stage outing of the piece? Answer: a thrilling evening.

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha is the pick of the soloists in a weighty reading of Mendelssohn's Lobgesang under Kazuki Yamada. But can Schubert's Fifth withstand the same approach? 

A huge hall, a huge orchestra and a huge chorus letting rip with a monster of the choral repertoire… We've missed this. 

Memorable performances of Vaughan Williams' darkest and brightest symphonies at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

With his impish grin, the Hungarian conductor revels in Mahler's “heavenly” Fourth Symphony as clothed in refreshing period instrument colours. 

The Jette Parker Young Artists take on their most ambitious programme yet, showcasing some of the most promising Verdian voices of the future.

Christine Rice gives an astonishingly performance in an evening of four powerful chamber pieces.

The evening’s most unbuttoned applause was reserved for two native anglophone artists, countertenor Patrick Terry and bass-baritone Michael Mofidian.

Benjamin Britten's final opera hasn't been staged by The Royal Opera in over 25 years, but his setting of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice receives a great new production by Sir David McVicar.