One of the reasons, if a lesser one, that Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps ("The Rite of Spring") created a scandal at its Paris premiere on May 29, 1913 –more than a century ago now– was that, ...

For those who love out-of-town orchestras, this is a particularly strong season. The Rotterdam Philharmonic brought its tour to an energizing close a few weeks ago. On April 27, you can hear the ...

As Adès premieres an orchestral work, “The Exterminating Angel” is receiving something rare in contemporary opera: a new production. By Joshua Barone Not everything was an artistic or audience success ...

This documentary portrait, the first television biography of Rattle for 15 years, follows him through an extraordinary year of concerts, oratorios and opera with five different orchestras. We see his ...

It’s been eight years since the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra made its last visit to Washington, under the baton of Mariss Jansons. But they must have made quite an impression; I’ve never heard so ...

3 Photos: New Look At JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR West End Starring Sam Ryder and More Earlier this year it was announced that the BBC Singers - the UK’s sole full-time professional chamber choir - would ...

Perhaps we've just now been spoiled at the Proms by two conductors who seem so mesmerisingly immersed in every moment. Rattle's Mahler no longer seems to live and breathe in quite the same almost ...

Sir Simon Rattle, Dame Harriet Walter and more leading musicians will come together in the new year for a landmark concert at the Barbican to celebrate the life and legacy of Alfred Brendel, the ...

When Simon Rattle took to the podium he explained, for anyone who did not already know, the story behind them: pocket Shostakovich in 20 impassioned minutes, with illustrations from the orchestra.