BBCSO/Chauhan review – Timothy Ridout soars in Beamish’s Gaelic lament

Sally Beamish’s Third Viola Concerto was the centrepiece of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s virtual trip to Scotland

BBCSO/Chauhan review – mercurial and devil-may-care visions of Scotland

Alpesh Chauhan balanced energy with elegance in Mendelssohn’s ‘Scottish’ Symphony and found exuberance and emotion in works by Maxwell Davies and Beamish

Verklärte Nacht review – poetic journeys between dark and light

Edward Gardner finds sumptuous intensity in Schoenberg’s drama, alongside a lesser-known version by Fried and dramatic song pairings to frame an intriguing collection

BBCSO/Oramo review – luminous and mesmerising

A programme that featured the world premiere of a chamber version of Magnus Lindberg’s Accused alongside music by Anna Clyne and Haydn saw the BBCSO and its chief conductor at their best.

First night of the Proms review – Oramo conjures hope from Beethoven

Despite their reduced numbers, the BBC Symphony Orchestra brought intensity and lyricism to the judicious first-night choice of the Eroica

Classical music: let the Berlin Phil come to you

With concert halls and opera houses closed, we sample the stay-at-home alternatives from Budapest to Dar es Salaam

BBCSO/Gardner review – Viennese romanticism in assured hands

A programme of Schoenberg, Brahms and Fried afforded wonderful discoveries and some emotional twists and turns

Total Immersion: Anders Hillborg review – deep dive into a demanding and fascinating body of work

The Swedish composer’s extraordinary music was performed with virtuosity and bravura energy in the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s day-long survey

The week in classical: Igor Levit; BBC SO/ Saraste; OAE/ Norrington – review

Levit relished every twist and turn of Shostakovich’s marathon 24 Preludes and Fugues. Plus, a gripping start to Beethoven 250

Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch review – Glanert’s spectacular, scurrilous chronicle of sin

The painter is called out for his misdeeds in Detlev Glanert’s apocalyptic and sometimes awesome requiem, beautifully performed under Semyon Bychkov

The week in classical: The Silver Lake/The Seraglio; Orpheus in the Underworld; Miss Julie – review

Humanity wins out in a compelling English Touring Opera season from which ENO’s misjudged Offenbach could learn much

Miss Julie review – Sakari Oramo’s revival brims with colour and verve

William Alwyn’s rich writing shines through in this vividly dramatic BBC Symphony concert staging of his final opera

BBCSO/Oramo review – Andriessen’s theatrical song cycle is intimate and unnerving

Nora Fischer mixed classical, rock and jazz vocals in the UK premiere of The Only One, and conductor Sakari Oramo brought magisterial certainty to Sibelius’s 5th in the second half

Prom 66: In the Name of the Earth review – gargantuan praise for the planet

Three orchestral choruses and five London choirs united to slightly muddying effect for this performance of John Luther Adams’s hymn to the world

Prom 53: BBCSO/Davis review – brilliant energy and genuine beauty

Andrew Davis led a rare and bewitching outing of Hugh Woods’s Scene from Comus, while Sarah Connolly was striking in The Music Makers