Barbara Hannigan’s latest appearance with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) at the Barbican proved exactly that kind of event. The first half was devoted to one work – the UK premiere of Laura ...

In this, the third of Sir Antonio Pappano’s opening quartet of the LSO season’s concerts, glittering (or thunderous) panache of execution perhaps mattered more than the subtle service of towering ...

A trio of young conductors vie for a job with the Hallé; Barbara Hannigan takes Mahler at his word; and Antonio Pappano makes a thriller of Puccini’s final opera ...

Fresh from an astonishing recording with Robin Ticciati and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, soloist Vilde Frang (pictured below) has established herself as the reigning queen of a concerto ...