The juxtaposition of Mozart, Webern, Messiaen and Scriabin may have been a shock to some of Mitsuko Uchida's regular fans, but for those willing to embrace a challenge this CBSO: 2020 programme was intensely thrilling.Read
Judged against the age of other academic institutions, the jazz course at Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz Department may be barely out of nappies, but its impact on the jazz music not only of this city but far beyond is being felt in increasing large ripples.Read
Noddy Holder was just seven years old when he stood up on stage at a working men's club to sing. Sixty years on, he talks to Roz Laws about his glittering musical career - and what happened to that famous hat.Read
The chief executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra says it has taken an entrepreneurial approach after unveiling its “broadest ever programme” for its 2013/14 season.Read
What better way to celebrate St. George's Day than in the company of the magnificent Dame Felicity Lott and some of our greatest poets and composers? Read
Knowing that an orchestra has been voted in the top ten best in the world certainly raises expectations, and last week's Budapest Festival Orchestra concert was like a dream come true.Read
Among the many facets of Benjamin Britten's character we have gleaned during the 100 years since his birth are his anti-war sentiments, most powerfully expressed in his War Requiem, premiered at the consecration of Sir Basil Spence's new Coventry Cathedral on May 30, 1962.Read
The Cheltenham Jazz Festival is in full swing and offering loads of fine jazz from pop to avant garde, so do try to catch some of it but if you're stuck in the metropolis this weekend, never mind. There is still jazz life here too.Read
This stunningly well played concert of violent emotional contrasts was a triumphant display of the powers of concentration of both conductor and players.Read
Anyone fearing for the future of classical music in this country would have been cheered by Saturday's concert in this year's Hagley Music Festival.Read
