Live, Video: Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance reviews | English | Symphony no. 103 in E flat major "Drumroll" (Paukenwirbel)

After decades as a period instrument revolutionary, the 87-year old conductor bows out with “Dr Haydn's London Academy”, an entertaining recreation of concert-going in the 1790s.

Katarina Karnéus displayed sovereign English diction, elegant musicianship and a sense of dramatic scale in Sea Pictures.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment stalked the “Corridors of Power” in Prague and Esterházy for a fabulous evening of Classical drama. 

In the recently refurbished Suntory Hall, looking remarkably fresh with a newly refitted wooden stage, the Boston Symphony sounded elegant and sumptuous.

A mesmerising harmony on stage made a lasting impression in one of Andris Nelsons's last Birmingham concerts.

Alan Gilbert consistently pulled warm and intense playing from all sections, and the energy exchanged between him and Lisa Batiashvili was palpable.

Dances of the Baroque lay at the heart the latest concert in Royal Northern Sinfonia’s “from player to podium” series, with Håkan Hardenberger whirling the orchestra through gavottes and minuets with surefooted lightness.

The Cleveland Orchestra celebrates CPE Bach's 300th birthday, along with works by Vaňhal, Beethoven and Haydn in performances of utmost clarity.

There might be a shiver of fear in some quarters when the listener is confronted with the name Nicholas McGegan. Mercilessly rushed tempi, slipshod ensemble—and the wool-on-chalkboard horror of vibratoless strings.