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‘One man waited 18 years for a harpsichord’: inside the rarefied world of period instrument-making
You might think building a theorbo or a rebec is a dying art. Yet there is a demand for these weird and wonderful objects
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Jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd is as inventive as ever – plus the best of November’s jazz and classical concerts
With a programme of Mozart, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, the world’s classiest quartet can make a season of old music seem vividly alive
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Festival of Remembrance, Royal Albert Hall, review: a reminder of the courage and dedication of our Armed Forces
Marking both the centenary of the Festival and the end of the Korean War 70 years ago, this tribute served as a balm for our troubled times
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Military music is meant to inspire the troops – here are 10 of the most rousing tunes
I’ve given a special nod to the band of the RAF, as the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is one of the charities we’re supporting this year
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A heavenly season-opener from London Philharmonic, plus the best of September’s classical concerts
A huge choral-and-orchestral blockbuster is a wonderful way to launch a new season, and the LPO rose to the occasion
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This ‘cannibalist’ composer is like a sultry Brazilian Bach
Heitor Villa-Lobos is seen as a one-hit wonder – but virtuoso cellist Antonio Meneses's new CD shows the variety in his work
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How to hear Bach’s music as it might have sounded in his lifetime
An organ from 1737 – which the composer himself might have played – reveals the full colour of his organ music in Masaaki Suzuki's new CD
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What’s it actually about? And is it like Game of Thrones? A beginner’s Guide to Wagner’s Ring
As director Barrie Kosky tackles Das Rheingold, here is everything you always wanted to know about The Ring (but didn't dare to ask)
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Last Night of the Proms 2023, review: An unapologetically good time to defy the woke ideologues
Heart-warming, silly and moving – and as Rule Britannia soared the Last Night showed it is truly indestructible
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Donizetti has an image problem, but the music snobs are wrong
A mere tunesmith that only canary fanciers would bother with? The composer is far more complex than that
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Thank you, Ezra Collective – we can all finally admit we like jazz
For years, the Brits have poured scorn on jazz. So the London band’s win at the Mercury Prize is a redemptive moment
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The four great composers who captured the tragedy of the Second World War
Jeremy Eichler’s new book, Time’s Echo, salutes the achievement of Strauss, Schoenberg, Britten and Shostakovich
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Jon Hopkins brings cosmic blandness to the Proms – plus the best of August’s classical concerts
Jon Hopkins is known for his huge, cosmic soundscapes, but even the BBC Symphony Orchestra couldn't make them sound less generic
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Proms review: A deeply emotional performance that marked a historic moment
The Prom was Sir Simon Rattle's last appearance in the UK before he heads to Munich - but we certainly haven’t seen the last of him
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Maestros and mayhem inside the febrile world of orchestras
Historical claims of tyrannical conductors and power games are the stuff of legend, but is the industry changing for the better?
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Kat’a Kabanova review: Corinne Winters shines in the bleakest Janáček I have ever seen
Barrie Kosky's punishingly dark vision of the Czech composer's masterpiece, recorded at the Salzburg Festival, now arrives on DVD
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