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An idiosyncratic outing at Chamberfest Cleveland recounts original sin in ragtime and finds redemption in a neglected wartime masterpiece.

In an homage to Joseph Cornel's “Celestial Navigation”, Kolesnikov conceived his own musical constellation with great insight.

A programme of late Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert explores music at the limits.

Contemporary classical music is happening in all manner of unexpected venues in London at the moment, from Peckham car parks to pubs. But it isn't just getting edgier – it's also getting more respectable, if last night's suave affair in the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room is anything to go by.