BBCSO/Oramo review – an unforgettable experience

Busoni’s gargantuan piano concerto was an irresistible draw in an adventurous programme of 20th-century rarities, writes Martin Kettle

BBCSO/Pons – beautifully articulate and superbly sung

An immensely pleasurable evening on the theme of the arrival of spiritual light in the world, writes Tim Ashley

BBCSO/Gardner review – expressionist whispers and a great Unfinished

Thomas Larcher’s cycle for Mark Padmore was impeccably tailored, while Gardner’s account of the Schubert gave fresh insight, says Tim Ashley

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures CD review – a disc of the year

Stuart Skelton is up there with Philip Langridge in this exemplary recording, writes Fiona Maddocks

BBCSO/Oramo/Hadelich review – Nielsen cycle is off to an exhilarating start

Nielsen’s first symphony felt gripping and fresh, alongside crisply rendered Tchaikovsky and Mozart, writes Erica Jeal

John Tavener Remembered review: powerful, lyrical and sparsely textured

The solo passages are indulgently long – but when the cello soars, the string orchestra slowly blooms into a chord of startling beauty, writes Erica Jeal

Prom 72: BBCSO/Litton review – salute to Birtwistle with his millennial rarity

Andrew Clements: The bewildering but never dull Exody is sandwiched between Vaughan Williams and Walton in an all-British programme

Prom 49: BBCSO/Oramo review – curiously ill at ease

Soprano Anu Komsi's impressive technique was at the fore in a fairytale-themed programme, writes Tim Ashley

Prom 36: BBCSO/Oramo review – William Alwyn’s First Symphony fails to convince

Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO did their best, but there is a reason why Alwyn's First bombed on its 1950 premiere, writes Tim Ashley

Prom 15 BBCSO/Pons review – harmonic and orchestral sophistication

The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Jonathan Dove's new work confidently, but it often comes across as background music needing a voiceover, writes George Hall

First Night of the Proms review – Elgar’s The Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall, LondonPerhaps a little subdued for the opening night, but sumptuous choral work is fine farewell for director Roger Wright

Klangforum Wien; BBCSO review – spectralists focus

New music was thin on the ground at Aldeburgh, but this final weekend of the festival more than made up for it, writes Andrew Clements

BBCSO/Oramo/Shaham review – ‘yodelling is better on the violin’

Bright Sheng's violin concerto fused west and east, not totally successfully, while conductor Oramo kept things taut elsewhere, writes Erica Jeal

Walton: Symphony No 1; Violin Concerto review – Gardner and Little

Gardner's take on Walton's best-known orchestral works lacks tautness, while Little delivers a sauve solo, writes Andrew Clements

The Apostles review – ‘Intelligently articulated’

Elgar's treatment of the passion story shone most when it focused on Judas – and this was where Andrew Davis's performance came alive, writes Andrew Clements