Lucky Lieder dip: A celebration of Goethe from James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook

James Gilchrist and Royal Northern Sinfonia conjure up the hills of Yeats' Ireland and Housman's Shropshire in a Late Mix concert at Sage Gateshead.

Shortly after a disguised Wotan stepped onto the stage in the third instalment of Barenboim’s Proms Ring, across London another of German music’s great wanderers put in an appearance. It may have been a warm July evening outside, but from the first notes of this compelling Winterreise from James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook the temperature in Wigmore Hall seemed to plummet well below zero.

Die Rückkehr Suzukis mit Bach in die Kölner Philharmonie zum Auftakt einer neuen Europatournee war geprägt von Sinn, Glaube und Dankbarkeit.

Dieser Peter Grimes war die Geschichte zweier Talente: der Dirigent und der Sänger.

A star-studded group of soloists and a wonderful choir make for an interesting, if not always convincing, interpretation of Bach's joyous oratorio. 

The Hallé orchestra and choir pack out Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall for a Messiah which both delights and disappoints.