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‘There’s a lot of trauma bonding’: the front-line medics using music to cope
Surgeons, police officers... and accountants. Britain’s institutional orchestras are thriving – but what does it offer the players?
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The great Nikolai Lugansky shows off his aristocratic melancholy, plus the best of December’s classical concerts
The otherworldly pianist wrapped his audience in a mood of romantic contemplation at the Wigmore Hall
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Young musicians prove Britain’s got classical talent, plus the best of November’s classical and jazz concerts
This dazzling show from the charity Music for Youth brought together 1,500 talented children from across the country
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How black South Africans used jazz to fight apartheid
The London Jazz Festival is celebrating the legacy of the musicians who put their music – and lives – on the line to tackle racism
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From palaces to warzones, John Suchet goes on a Beethoven odyssey
In Search of Beethoven records the journalist’s charmingly nerdy attempt to visit every bakery and theatre associated with the composer
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Music is vanishing from our universities – and that’s a disaster
Insiders blame ‘weasel words’ and inclusivity drives for the decline of music in British higher education. Does the subject have a future?
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Lear: this Korean opera-style reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy packs a punch
It’s a marvellous spectacle, but the National Changgeuk Company of Korea’s emotionally extreme production flattens the Bard’s subtleties
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The BBC singers were spared the axe – but now they’re being made ‘relevant’
A year ago, a global outcry earned the group a stay of execution, though has it come at an unacceptable price?
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An utter marvel from the man who put the viola back on the map, plus the best of September’s classical concerts
Lawrence Power, with Thomas Adès at the piano, transported us to far away with a sensational set including Purcell, Britten and Stravinsky
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Lady Gaga, the cabaret queen – who would’ve thought it?
Harlequin, Lady Gaga’s companion album to her Batman spinoff, Joker: Folie à Deux, is deeply old-fashioned – plus the week’s best albums
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Cellist Matthew Barley on his psychotic episode – and how music healed him
As a boy, the classical star had a drug-induced breakdown. Now, his album Light Stories recounts the ‘miraculous’ way music brought him back
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Starmer loves Shostakovich – has British politics overcome its philistinism?
The PM says he turns to classical music for consolation. That’s a mercifully long way from Tony Blair glad-handing Noel Gallagher
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Last Night of the Proms 2024, review: Stubborn tradition wins out in a gorgeous goodbye to a summer of excellence
The BBC showpiece featured some fun novelties – but as always it was Jerusalem that pulled at the heart-strings
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The best classical and jazz concerts to book in autumn 2024
From the Lammermuir Festival to EFG London Jazz Festival, our critic selects the hottest tickets
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A Bohemian love letter at the Proms, plus the best of August’s classical concerts
A tremendous, uplifting performance of Smetana’s Má Vlast suite by Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Music is dumbing down – and that’s no bad thing
New research suggests that pop has become less complex. But complexity does not define a song’s artistic merit – just listen to Mozart
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