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Two dozen heroes played one of the house composer’s most intense and technically demanding scores with bravura skill and a collegiate musicality that stirred the spirit.

Poised performances of Fauré and Mozart from Stephanie Childress and the RLPO and expressive Britten with tenor Peter Hoare.

An evening of English repertoire at King's Place where the pleasures were flecked with disappointments. 

Darkly illuminated music at Berlin's Komische Oper. 

One of the key points underlying Southbank Centre’s epic festival The Rest is Noise is to place 20th-century music in its historical context, to show that this music – which might otherwise be considered intimidating – is more than just abstract sounds.