Instrument: Presenter

A remarkable feat of memorisation – a whole orchestra and no music! – made for an illuminating and exciting introduction to the Soviet composer's “victory” symphony.

Experiments in music and ideas brought together by the London Sinfonietta and guests at a special concert all about space and time.

High wire Beethoven from Nicolas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra, truly live in every sense, with an entertaining deconstructed introduction from Collon with Tom Service.

Give Larissa Savaliev full credit for all the work she’s put into this over the years. YAGP is and will continue to be the number one dance competition in the world.

Handel arias showcased by non-Handelian soprano and great ensemble Il pomo d'oro, with commentary by Donna Leon.

Music-making in the concentration camp at Theresienstadt/Terezín continues to fascinate, baffle and inspire us.

Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret – a witty, urbane valentine to the musical culture of Germany in the 1920s and 30s, from the opera house to the concert hall to Berlin’s revues and cabarets.