Simon Rattle's farewell concert with the London Symphony Orchestra was, of course, Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the farewell of all farewells. But on a happier note, Rattle led a performance of Benjamin ...

It's the work which polarises opinion more than anything else he wrote. For some, Benjamin Britten's 'Spring Symphony' is a deeply touching and human reflection on the emergence from winter, the ...

Celebrate as Richard Cooke marks his 40th anniversary as Music Director of Canterbury Choral Society, with the CCS Youth Choir and an ambitious programme of rarely-performed but outstanding works.

(The) Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Simon Rattle, Conductor For all his skill as an operatic composer and word-setter, Britten was not a natural symphonist. The two ...

For an acknowledged master of the 20th century, Benjamin Britten is taking an awfully long time to occupy his rightful place in the repertoire. More than a quarter century after his death, major ...

Alan Gilbert also takes note of the Britten centennial, conducting one of the composer’s most famously lyrical works—the Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, featuring Paul Appleby, star of the ...