CBSO/Gražinyte-Tyla review – attention to every morsel of detail

The distinctive young Lithuanian conductor impressed with her unswerving sense of shape but pianist Beatrice Rana didn’t quite live up to pre-concert hype

CBSO/Gardner review – Christopher Palmer makes Walton’s Henry V a battle

Palmer’s blending of Walton’s score from Olivier’s film with Shakespeare gobbets feels contrived, though Edward Gardner and the orchestra gave vivid performances

Acis and Galatea; Philharmonia/ Salonen; CBSO/ Wellber review – the sweet smell of success

Truly fragrant Handel, some exhilarating new music, and a notable debut by Omer Meir Wellber

CBSO/Wigglesworth review – exceptional playing and bold sound

The popular Ryan Wigglesworth delivered a purposeful Elgar First Symphony and tinglingly vivid Britten, with an immaculate Mark Padmore

BBC Proms; Igor Levit review – fanfares and fireworks

There were firsts and feasts – and Haydn – at week one of the Proms. Plus, an astonishing recital by Igor Levit

CBSO/Gardner review – stormy romantic pleasures

Edward Gardner led an outstanding CBSO who proved their imposing potency travels well beyond Birmingham’s Symphony Hall

Andris Nelsons’s farewell concert/CBSO; Tristan und Isolde – review

There were the usual thrills – and moves – as Andris Nelsons conducted his final Symphony Hall concert with the CBSO

CBSO/Nelsons review – the orchestra was determined to give its music director the best possible send-off

Andris Nelsons’s farewell concerts as CBSO music director are devoted to Mahler, whose Third Symphony bristled here with combative energy

Parsifal review – Nelsons delivers exceptional, mature Wagner

Birmingham had the chance to hear what Bayreuth will enjoy in this meticulous and radiant interpretation of a musical edifice

CBSO/Gardner review – an invigorating all-English programme

The CBSO were on blistering form in Tippett’s fiendish Second Symphony, while Alban Gerhardt brought out the vulnerable side of Elgar’s Cello Concerto

CBSO/Nelsons review – a dazzling five-star Dvořák

Andris Nelsons handled the vast canvas of the Piano Concerto magnificently, while Stephen Hough made light work of the challenging central part, writes Andrew Clements

CBSO/Volkov review – brisk and purposeful Bruckner

Under Ilan Volkov, the CBSO’s playing was never plush but always precise and intently responsive, writes Andrew Clements

CBSO/Litton/Ehnes review – spectacular virtuosity from James Ehnes

Two concerto performances, of the Walton with the CBSO and the Brahms with the RLPO, revealed Ehnes’s almost nonchalant brilliance, writes Rian Evans

CBSO/Nelsons review – the audience was transfixed by every breath of the music

Andris Nelsons’ extraordinary instinct for communicating the essence of a work took the experience to a higher plane, writes Rian Evans

CBSO/Nelsons review – an electric and thrilling programme of Beethoven

Having overseen an exceptional account of Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony, Andris Nelsons infused the Fifth with rare freshness, writes Andrew Clements