The week in classical: the Anvil at 25; Semele; Symphonie fantastique – review
The excellent Anvil celebrates its quarter century with flair not fanfare, Handel’s a hit at Ally Pally, and more Berlioz fireworks
LSO/Rattle review – unexpected connections, irresistible immediacy
This chalk-and-cheese bill of modern titans Stravinsky, Birtwistle and Adams was brought to life with exceptional clarity and precision
LSO/Roth review – Lang premiere gave voice to the community
Local choir members are among the 500 singers who debuted David Lang’s new choral work, while François-Xavier Roth led a diaphanous account of Scriabin
LSO/Haitink – the clarity of the music-making never faltered
The conductor may be 90, but the years fell away in a sparkling two hours of cogent Mozart and magisterial Bruckner
The week in classical: Winterreise; LSO/Rattle; NYO/Karabits – review
Matthew Rose delivers a dream Winterreise at Pizza Express. Plus, happy hour with Simon Rattle and the LSO, and the NYO in outer space
LSO/Rattle/Hannigan review – Abrahamsen’s masterpiece soars
In an all-Nordic programme, the 2013 song cycle Let Me Tell You lost none of its ability to bewitch in a concert that also featured Sibelius and Nielsen
The week in classical: Thomas Adès; LPO/Jurowski; LSO/Rattle – review
Thomas Adès communes with Janáček, Jurowski and the LPO do Stravinsky proud, and the LSO shows its jazzy side
LSO/Järvi review – incoherent and self-regarding; even Reich’s premiere fails
A programme of new works was consistent only in how it disappointed, with Järvi’s own overlong composition particularly trying
LSO/Noseda/Bostridge review – musical forces fire up James MacMillan war premiere
The National Youth Brass Band added poignancy to MacMillan’s new oratorio, set to words by Charles Hamilton Sorley, who died in the first world war
The week in classical: War and Peace; LSO/Rattle; Riot Ensemble – review
The massed voices of Welsh National Opera win the day in technicolour Tolstoy. Elsewhere, a fanfare for Simon Rattle
LSO/Rattle review – all-British programme sparkles and soars
The London Symphony Orchestra opened their new season with British music - a Birtwistle premiere alongside works by Holst, Britten and Turnage
Gruppen review – LSO’s artful three-way split enthrals Turbine Hall
It was concert as surround-sound art installation: Simon Rattle triumphantly filled Tate’s giant gallery space with the ringing beauty of Stockhausen’s three-orchestra spectacle
The week in classical: 4.48 Psychosis; London Symphony Orchestra/Rattle – review
The bleak brilliance of Philip Venables’s opera 4.48 Psychosis hits home. Plus, magnificent Mahler from the LSO and Simon Rattle
LSO/Rattle review – clarity and beauty bring insights to Mahler and Tippett
The LSO were nigh-on flawless in a pair of concerts featuring late Tippett and Mahler, and the world premiere of Helen Grime’s extravagant sonic tapestry Woven Space
LSO/Gardiner/Faust review – alert to Schumann’s volatility and rigour
Isabelle Faust’s heartfelt performance of the Violin Concerto was at the centre of an exquisite and convincing all-Schumann programme