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Review: CBSO, at Symphony Hall Apr 23 2010

The concert got off to an unpromising start, Andrew Grams presiding over a clattery, noisy Dvorak Carnival Overture.Read

Review: Roderick Williams, at St Mary de Lode Church, Gloucester Apr 23 2010

Gloucester Music Society could not have dreamt of a more rewarding way to celebrate its 80th year: an audience drawn from all parts of the country crowding the atmospheric St Mary de Lode Church, and quadrupling the average attendance; a singer – Roderick Williams – at the top of his form; and the premiere of a work specially commissioned for the occasion.Read

Review: Academy Of Ancient Music, at Symphony Hall Apr 23 2010

What looked a mouthwatering prospect on paper – an all-Mozart concert played on period instruments by the expert Academy of Ancient Music – turned out a huge disappointment, partly because of the venue.Read

Jazz Diary: Busy Friday in Birmingham Apr 22 2010

Prepare for a busy Friday night, and three bands to tickle those audial nerve-endings.Read

Folk duo Red Shoes get a second chance of success Apr 22 2010

Husband and wife folk act Red Shoes are back after a 20-year hiatus thanks to their daughter – and a Fairport Convention legend. Andrew Coleman reportsRead

Brit Asia TV Music Awards make debut at Birmingham's Symphony Hall Apr 21 2010

Asian music takes centre stage at Symphony Hall on May 2 with an inaugural awards to honour the top artists in everything from Bhangra to indi-pop, urban-Asian to Asian fusion.Read

Review: Antti Siirala/CBSO at Symphony Hall, Birmingham Apr 21 2010

Travel disruption nothwithstanding, the Finnish pianist Antti Siirala made it to the CBSO at Symphony Hall to deliver an absorbing account of Mozart's C Major Piano Concerto K467Read

Joan Armatrading to be honoured on Broad Street's Walk of Stars Apr 21 2010

Three times Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading will be the next recipient of the Walk of Stars honour on Broad Street, Birmingham.Read

Michael Flatley brings Lord Of The Dance 'victory lap' to Birmingham Apr 20 2010

Lord Of The Dance creator Michael Flatley has announced he will reprise his role in the show for the first time in 12 years - with a date planned for Birmingham LG Arena.Read

Review: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham Apr 19 2010

The orchestra took three attempts to find an “A” when tuning up but there was nothing tentative in their playing of BerliozRead

Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway To Heaven' named favourite all time rock tune Apr 19 2010

It is supposedly banned in some guitar shops and has become the stuff of cliche, but Led Zeppelin track Stairway To Heaven has been named the UK’s favourite rock song.Read

Review: Leon McCawley, at Birmingham Town Hall Apr 16 2010

Two birthday boys were celebrated in BBC Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert from one of the most thoughtful of our young pianists, Leon McCawley.Read

Tom Cawley brings Curios trio to Lichfield Apr 16 2010

Piano trios are like buses on a really lucky day – they just seem to keep on coming. One of the most notable on the UK scene of the past few years is Curios, the band led by pianist Tom Cawley.Read

Review: CBSO/Andrew Grams, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham Apr 15 2010

  CBSO/Andrew Grams, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham Wednesday's concert got off to an unpromising start, Andrew Grams presiding over a clattery, noisy Dvorak Carnival Overture. But, wow, didn't the young American conductor earn his spurs through the rest of the evening, ending with an account of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition which was both confidently flowing and dramatically paced - the whip-crack during "Gnomus" came as a thunderbolt out of the ether, for example. Every detail of Ravel's virtuoso orchestration was brilliantly articulated, Grams wisely liberating the orchestra to play to its many strengths, Jonathan Holland, to single out one, magnificent in all the varying demands for the principal trumpet. But even better than this was the compact accompaniment Grams secured for Isabelle Faust's searching, brave reading of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Read

Review: Whitney Houston, at the LG Arena, Birmingham Apr 14 2010

Reports of the troubled 46-year-old being breathless and disorientated during Australian concerts, sadly turned out to be true. Read

Shakespears Sister Siobhan Fahey flies solo Apr 12 2010

Turn on the TV in early 1992 and it was everywhere; that girl stood over her comatose lover, bathing and serenading him – only for some scary woman in a shiny catsuit to appear and start dragging him off to ‘the other side’.Read

Peter Hook on the legacy of Factory and Joy Division Apr 12 2010

New Order bass player Peter Hook has taken 30 years’ worth of anecdotes and experiences and turned them into a unique touring show, Unknown Pleasures. Read

Double date in Birmingham for violinist Isabelle Faust Apr 12 2010

Christopher Morley speaks to the German violinist Isabelle Faust ahead of a performance in BirminghamRead

A brand new gig for punk Prefect Alan Apperley Apr 12 2010

Writing a book is far more scary than being pelted with bottles by punks, Alan Apperley tells Lorne Jackson.Read

Former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren dies of cancer Apr 08 2010

Former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren has died of cancer, aged 64.Read

Six Birmingham nominations for the RPS Music Awards Apr 08 2010

Birmingham is well represented in the shortlists for this year's RPS Music Awards, which celebrate the best in live classical music.Read

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