Performer: Tamara Stefanovich

Balance issues mar an otherwise compelling programme from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

A BBC day of talks and concerts yields delight and revelation in equal measure. 

Joana Mallwitz pairs rare Luigi Nono with Mahler's Fourth Symphony at the Konzerthausorchester's Musikfest Berlin programme. 

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich, and Marco Stroppa came together in synergistic harmony to deliver a searing performance of Mantra

Over 10 years after his death, Karlheinz Stockhausen still occupies a complex and difficult place in the canon of contemporary composers. This year's Musikfest Berlin featured a Stockhausen focus, of which the "creation ceremony" Inori was the climax.

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