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Three Hungarian-inspired proms combine sizzling energy, Bartók and dadaist absurdity, while an intimate staging ramps up the angst in a bite-size Bernstein

With concerts encompassing pop, classical, jazz and a CBeebies family extravaganza, the Proms took over Sage Gateshead for a triumphant communal experience that underlined how music can connect us

In an all Brahms programme, Christian Tetzlaff brought momentum and shape to the Violin Concerto, and Tilson Thomas made every note glow

After cuts by Arts Council England and the BBC, Simon Rattle says UK opera houses and orchestras have never faced greater peril. How can they fight back? Top musicians outline their battle plans

The English composer pays reverent and inventive homage to music by the German grandee with the help of the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Mann

15 concerts from August 11 to August 20

Perianes has the agility and stamina to take on Granados’s piece but his realisation of the epic piano work didn’t have enough colour or character

From live Tippett, locked-down Debussy and luminous Charles Koechlin to dazzling Szymanowski and dextrous Beethoven, we pick the outstanding releases of the past 12 months

As with all of the truly great pianists, touch is absolutely key when it comes to delivering their excelsior interpretations of the immortal classics. This was demonstrated recently in impeccable, consummate fashion by legendary Polish soloist Krystian Zimerman, who appeared at the Thailand Cultural Centre earlier this month to a…

The two virtuosic soloists have a longstanding musical partnership that here produced a wonderful and generous evening of music by Brahms, Janáček and Schumann

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández excel in the Double Concerto while Hughes soars in Watkins’s song cycle Echo