LSO/Rattle review – a spine-tingling reminder of the live sounds we have missed

Back in the Barbican before a live audience, Simon Rattle and the LSO chose a celebratory programme of Britten and Dvořák, interspersed with Fauré’s more reflective Pelléas et Mélisande Suite

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, LSO: Promises review – extraordinary

Five years in the making, this breathtaking album transcends the genres each of its three collaborators bring to the table

LSO/Ward review – from fierce dynamism to gorgeous indulgence

Works by Bacewicz and Schreker bookended Strauss’s Oboe Concerto with Juliana Koch the exemplary soloist

LSO/Rattle review – a touch of revolutionary sweetness from Kavakos

In a concert offered as Covid consolation and commemorating the Greek revolution, Simon Rattle oversaw lyrical Berg and exhilarating Schubert

Turnage world premiere review – a heartfelt tribute to Oliver Knussen

Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Last Song for Olly captures the wit and spirit of his teacher and lifelong friend

LSO/Rattle review – Turnage, Knussen and Britten make an evening to be savoured

Turnage’s homage to Knussen – rescored and scaled down – was a touching and profound centrepiece to a beautifully conceived concert of British music

LSO/Pappano review – intense and unsparing emotional directness

A programme of Britten and Vaughan Williams was played with a gathering ferocity, though a glimmer of hope shone through

LSO/Rattle review – volatile, politically charged Berg and Beethoven

Moments of insecurity made Beethoven’s Ninth feel fiercely relevant, with the Ode to Joy theme held to a hush, while soprano Iwona Sobotka soared

LSO/Rattle review – Berg and Beethoven see all on top form but something was missing

Soprano Dorothea Röschmann savoured every word of Berg’s Early Songs and Rattle was in his element, but this programme ultimately felt over controlled

LSO/Rattle review – lyrical Walton and outstanding Leila Josefowicz

Walton’s First Symphony was superbly played and conducted – as was Colin Matthews’s Violin Concerto, with Josefowicz as the fiercely committed soloist

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 44: LSO/Rattle review – virtuosic Varèse and quick-witted Koechlin

An all-20th-century programme showcased the wit and brilliance of Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, although Belshazzar’s Feast lacked bite

Cheltenham music festival review – rousing premieres by female composers

The festival honoured a pledge for gender parity with striking new work by Judith Weir, Dani Howard and Thea Musgrave

The week in classical: The Turn of the Screw; Noye’s Fludde – review

Even in broad daylight, Garsington’s The Turn of the Screw is a brilliantly chilling affair

The Cunning Little Vixen review – Rattle and Sellars banish cuteness but drama and beauty shine

A strong cast and outstanding playing by the LSO power Janáček’s bucolic foray in a concert staging under video projections of teeming nature and humanity