David Jones has been the principal clarinetist of the Kennedy Center's orchestra for five presidents. A cascade of cancellations means he hasn't played there since February.
Elim Chan has been named the symphony's next music director. She joins a small field of female conductors at American orchestras, as San Francisco rebuilds after Esa-Pekka Salonen.
With its screams, sex, bells and bloodshed Puccini's opera was initially derided as a noisy disaster. Ahead of Glyndebourne's first ever production, we look the 'shabby little shocker' that's become one of opera's most bankable masterpieces ...
Captured live in concert performances, Fabio Luisi's clear-sighted command and strong orchestral playing make this Wagner set frequently impressive, with Mark Delavan an authorative Wotan ...
A new exhibition at Tate Britain includes canvases titled after symphonies and nocturnes, but the inspiration flows in both directions. Plus, how Felicity Lott led me to an epiphany ...