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Arnold Bax concertino to see the light

Christopher Morley on the delayed premiere of a work by Arnold Bax. Read

The Big Chill is rising star of festivals scene

This year's Glastonbury has been hailed by many as the best ever, as the King of the UK Festivals staked a claim to regain its crown after a few troublesome years. Read

Building foundations with the National Festival of Music for Youth

Usually at this time of the year I find myself writing an article which starts with a line about 10,000 young musicians converging on Birmingham. Read

Review: Steely Dan at NIA Academy

Reeling in the years they may be, but veterans Donald Fagen and Walter Becker are still capable of the most sublime music. Read

Review: CBSO / Sondergard, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham

CBSO/ Søndergård, Symphony Hall Read

Warwickshire music festival Monarchy Live postponed

Organisers of a new music festival at a Warwickshire stately home have been forced to postpone the event due to poor ticket sales. Read

Review: Sugababes, at Cannock Chase Forest

From the opening salvo of chart-toppers Freak Like Me and Round Round to the encore of Girls and About You Now, this show came close to pop perfection. Read

Brant Piano Competition, at Birmingham Town Hall

Brant Piano Competition, at Birmingham Town Hall Read

Birmingham Jazz Festival serves up a feast

Peter Bacon previews the busiest ten days in Birmingham’s jazz calendar Read

Review: Paul Weller, at Forestry Commission Live Music, Cannock Chase Forest

While Glastonbury opened with pouring rain and the young pretenders, this relatively dry open air concert in Staffordshire had the royalty of Brit rock, the ‘modfather’ himself. Read

Stars pay tribute to Michael Jackson

Stars of the entertainment world have paid tribute to Michael Jackson today after the singer's died of a heart attack, aged 50. Read

King of Pop Michael Jackson dies of cardiac arrest

Pop star Michael Jackson has died of a cardiac arrest, aged 50. Read

The Streets' Mike Skinner creates a Glastonbury crop circle

Birmingham pop star Mike Skinner, aka The Streets, has had his face created in a gigantic "crop circle" to welcome festival goers to Glastonbury. Read

CBSO/Nelsons at Symphony Hall

It didn’t look promising: a huge CBS Chorus ranged behind and dwarfing an appropriately tiny CBSO, scaled-down for Wednesday’s performance of Haydn’s Nelsons Mass. Read

CBSO/Nelsons at Symphony Hall

It didn’t look promising: a huge CBS Chorus ranged behind and dwarfing an appropriately tiny CBSO, scaled-down for Wednesday’s performance of Haydn’s Nelsons Mass. Read

Guitar queen Jennifer Batten locks familiar

Guitar star Jennifer Batten tells Richard McComb about life on the road with Michael Jackson. Read

First love rekindled for Andris Nelsons and CBSO

The CBSO’s fabulous new Tchaikovsky recording impresses Christopher Morley. Read

The Marriage of Figaro at Longborough Festival Opera

Longborough is several cuts above your average country-house opera. For a start, it boasts an auditorium which can cram in no fewer than 504 punters and a pit which can accommodate 60 musicians in comfort. Read

Opera takes you into another dimension

Composer Michael Berkeley tells Terry Grimley about his collaboration with writer Ian McEwan. Read