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Diego takes centre stage

Conductor Diego Masson tells Terry Grimley why he'd rather conduct Boulez than BeethovenRead

Youth brings vitality to Neilsen

The CBSO Youth Orchestra continues to impress with another fresh and energetic performanceRead

Perfect setting for Elgar's autumn

Christopher Morley hears the best and worst of Malvern's favourite sonRead

Music and poetry beautifully balanced

The Bromsgrove Concerts maintain their reputation for high qualityRead

Mighty peformance from legends

The Cleveland Orchestra, along with the CBSO Chorus, bring the very best out of MahlerRead

Smiles all round as Swan takes flight

Orchestra of the Swan impresses in its inaugural concertRead

Glorious pipes complete Town Hall's return

Thomas Trotter puts the new Town Hall organ through its paces.Read

Singers pushed to the limit

Ex Cathedra serve up a bumper bundle of song at the Town HallRead

Laing catches the spontaneity

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra takes on a Scottish themeRead

Doing a huge piece proud

CBSO revel in Bruckner's rousing Fifth SymphonyRead

Radulovic fires the imagination

Charismatic soloist Nemanja Radulovic fires a huge string ensembleRead

Andris takes the CBSO helm

Terry Grimley talks to 28-year-old Andris Nelsons, the new music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Read

Dangerfield lets it run

The CBSO commissioned Guillemots' Fyfe Dangerfield to write a ten-minute piece for orchestra. What they got is a 30-minute cello concerto with two vocalists. Terry Grimley eavesdrops on rehearsals.Read

Jackson shines in star role

David Hart enjoys a performance of Dvorak, Respighi and Smetana by the CBSORead

Lloyd finds the right balance for Mozart

Christopher Lloyd reviews the Making Music Chorus at MalvernRead

Electronics fall victim to gremlins

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group's season-opening concert suffers from some technical difficultiesRead

Electronics fall victim to gremlins

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group's season-opening concert suffers from some technical difficultiesRead

Sibelius feast hungrily devoured

The CBSO serves up the final three symphonies from Finnish composer SibeliusRead

Sakari's final season starts with a big Finnish

It's half a century to the day that Jean Sibelius, Finland's greatest composer, and a towering national figure, died.Read

An uneasy truce with God

Elgar's three major religious oratorios, all written for the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival, are being performed this weekend to mark his 150th anniversary. Christopher Morley looks at the background to them...Read