The Philadelphia Orchestra next season premieres a 'new' piece by Leonard Bernstein. Plus, Simon Rattle is coming back.

Simon Rattle is returning to the Philadelphia Orchestra after a decade. New works are being unveiled by Spirited Away ...

The Makropulos Affair review — 337-year-old woman bemoans eternal life in immaculate Barbican concert

It is a shame that The Makropulos Affair is not more popular with audiences. The music is Janáček at his peak, an intricate patchwork of fast-moving ideas and emotions spurred by reactions to the text ...

The best classical concerts to book this year

As we continue to struggle through the winter months, music becomes a solace as well as a pleasure. This year, there are ...
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Britain’s greatest living conductor has fled to Berlin – it’s a loss to us all

Simon Rattle with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2004 - United Archives GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo Simon Rattle is perhaps Britain’s greatest living conductor. He achieved eminence at an age when many in ...

The Makropulos Affair review – Simon Rattle leads a sensational and thrilling semi-staging

The tension barely let up for two hours as Rattle led the London Symphony Orchestra and a commanding cast through this vital account of Janáček’s opera.

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Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain

Opening her LSO Artist Portrait series, Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Béla Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto before Rattle and ...
The New York Times

Simon Rattle

As Adès premieres an orchestral work, “The Exterminating Angel” is receiving something rare in contemporary opera: a new production. By Joshua Barone Not everything was an artistic or audience success ...