Reading and Leeds festival review – Chappell Roan slays and Bring Me the Horizon power the circle pits

Thousands of post-GCSE teens join acts from pop-poet Antony Szmierek to rap megastar Travis Scott, before Hozier blazes and Wunderhorse go off like a rocket

Danish National Symphony Orchestra review – punchy Prom reaches a triumphant conclusion

There was plenty to admire as a fine lineup of soloists stirred the emotions on a night that paired Beethoven’s Ninth with Anna Clyne’s subtle meditation on time

Breaking Bach review – breakdancing thrillingly animates 300-year-old music

In an exhilarating performance choreographer Kim Brandstrup collaborates with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to make Bach feel new

Green Man festival review – Kneecap and CMAT lead the charge in a utopian Welsh idyll

Progressive, independent and more sonically diverse than ever, the Brecon Beacons festival offered sterling sets from MJ Lenderman to Mike, Jasmine.4.t to Joshua Idehen

Sault review – GCSE-level drama performance borders on the pretentious

Standout moments included Chronixx captivating on stage, Yasiin Bey delivering a seamless guest verse and Cleo Sol’s ethereal appearance – but the theatrics felt alienating

Bloodstock review – this is the UK’s best fest for true heavy metal madness

Trivium bring the bells and whistles, Gojira are supercharged and Machine Head get 1,011 crowdsurfers as they etch themselves on extreme metal’s Mount Rushmore

BBCNOW/Venditti review – ​20th-century British classics shine at a potent patriotic Prom

Including a sugary Rutter premiere, the rarities were a slightly mixed bag, but the classics – The Lark Ascending, Enigma Variations and more – simply soared

BBCSO/Lintu review – ​there’s a good reason these Boulez and Mahler works aren’t often performed

Despite eye-catching percussion and deluxe orchestral playing, these strange, overlong pieces are for die-hards only

Hallé/Wong review – new conductor commands an utterly gripping performance

Conducting without a score, Kahchun Wong beguiled as he maintained ultraprecise coordination and built to a powerful, cosmic-scale finale

The Veil of the Temple – powerful expressive talents on display in eight-hour choral epic

The opening concert of this year’s Edinburgh international festival saw conductor Sofi Jeannin put in a remarkable shift marshalling combined choirs

BBCNOW/Otaka/Kholodenko review – Rachmaninov fills seats but magic is missing

Soloist Vadym Kholodekno brought little subtlety to the ever popular second piano concerto, works by two Polish composers, Lutoslawsi and Grażyna Bacewicz fared better in this BBC National Orchestra of Wales concert

BBCSSO/Wigglesworth/Batsashvili review – detailed and monumental Bruckner

The BBC Scottish chief conductor’s reading of Bruckner’s Seventh was thoughtful and balanced. Mariam Batsashvili was an enthralling soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 20.

Ensemble Intercontemporain/ Bleuse review – from a clown to a clarinet and Cathy Berberian

Royal Albert Hall, LondonA late-night Prom devoted to the music of Berio and Boulez (both born 100 years ago) demonstrated the intricacy, zaniness and sheer imagination of the two composers

Shibe/BBCPhil/Bihlmaier review – vivid, vibrant and exuberant virtuosity

Mark Simpson’s vibrant new work for Sean Shibe was the centrepiece of a polychromatic Prom that began with Strauss and ended with a vividly told Symphonie Fantastique

Wireless festival review – Drake’s disjointed three-night headline run smacks of desperation

An all-star lineup of supporting turns – including, astonishingly, Lauryn Hill – show up to bolster the beleaguered megastar, but this is a very scrappy affair