Instrument: Saxophone

With a smaller programme and a humbler premise, the stars of the show – those young, immensely talented performers – could have shone even brighter

A world première by a Czech composer highlights a strong outing by Klangforum Wien.

A celebration of fifty years of the London Sinfonietta was a well-deserved pat on the back for this valuable institution.

The John Williams Prom was not just a celebration of his work but a veritable blockbuster.

A new score by Melinda Wagner, concertante pieces for saxophone and orchestra with Branford Marsalis, and works of Bizet and Debussy comprised Susanna Mälkki’s CSO program, intriguing in its eclecticism.

An electronic extravaganza in a resonant setting adds another dimension to the venerable festival.

Spanish composer Elena Mendoza presents a hermetic piece of contemporary theatre that is at the same time a disappointing opera and a worthy musical exploration of literary universe of Juan Carlos Onetti