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Iain Bell's Beowulf is given its world premiere, with Charles Styles making an eleventh-hour jump-in, while a neglected Vaughan Williams masterpiece is given a superb reading by Martyn Brabbins.

Daniel Kramer’s direction is a model of restraint compared to some of his earlier work for the company.

Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra offer a stunning palette of orchestral colours in Elgar, Bell, Strauss, and Bartók.

Alek Shrader's Wigmore Hall debut was thrilling, touching, charming and mysterious.

David Jones' First World War epic poem comes to musical life in Iain Bell's newly-commissioned opera. 

Iain Bell’s new opera A Harlot’s Progress, premièred at the Theater an der Wien this month, has much going for it. Its chances for making it into modern repertory are good – if people can handle the depressing plot.