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Review: Goldberg Ensemble at Birmingham Conservatoire

As the final night of a three-date tour, this concert by the Goldberg Ensemble wasn't technically the world première of Joe Cutler's new song-cycle Akhmatova Fragments. Read

Borodin Quartet makes an art out of longevity

Formed by four young students at the Moscow Conservatoire in 1945, the Borodin String Quartet is still going strong into its seventh decade. Read

Review: You Call The Tunes - CBSO at Symphony Hall

After the heady excitement of Wednesday's first official concert with Andris Nelsons, the CBSO's music director-inwaiting, Friday saw a return to business as usual. Read

Review: CBSO, Andris Nelsons at the Symphony Hall

CBSO music director elect Andris Nelsons set out his stall in great style in his first-ever officially scheduled public concert with them. Read

Come on, feel the noise

Composer and sound-mixer Jonty Harrison talks to Christopher Morley about his lifelong fascination with electronic sound. Read

Review: Sinfonia Of Birmingham, at CBSO Centre

The recent Labour Party Spring Conference left Symphony Hall out of bounds and forced the CBSO, including violinist Michael Seal and trumpeter Alan Thomas, to decamp to the CBSO Centre for two concerts on Saturday. Read

Review: CBSO (CBSO Centre) & Ex Cathedra (Town Hall)

Christopher Morley reviews the CBSO taking on Stravinsky, while Ex Cathedra deliver Bach's St John Passion Read

The mindset of the concerto soloist

Soloists Alan Thomas and Hakan Hardenberger talk to Christopher Morley. Read

Kazushi provides a bridge between western and eastern cultures

Kazushi Ono, who conducts the CBSO in music by Strauss and Prokofieve tonight, talks to Christopher Morley about the Japanese perspective on European music. Read

Jarvi demonstrates his flair

Kristjan Jarvi becomes the third member of his family to wield the conductor's baton at Birmingham Symphony Hall. Read

Oratory blurs glorious Cathedra sound

Maggie Cotton reviews Ex Cathedra at Birmingham Oratory Read

Nicola keeps to a tough schedule

Only just out of her teens, young violin virtuoso Nicola Benedetti is philosphical about the rigours of a jetsetting career, writes Terry Grimley. Read

A young composer who takes success in her stride

Birmingham Conservatoire graduate Joanna Lee talks to Christopher Morley about her new commission for the Orchestra of the Swan. Read

Midlands Grammy winner didn't take note

The headlines may have all been about Amy Winehouse, but one resident of the sleepy Warwickshire village of Henley-in-Arden won a Grammy in Los Angeles on Sunday without even noticing. Read