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Gilla Band: Pugnello review – furious originality fuelled by cathartic aggression and absurdist confessions
Your favourite band’s favourite band unleash a thrilling and relentless 42 minutes of monstrous noise whose precise instrumental source always remains discomfitingly unclear
Roomful of Teeth/Kahane review – twisty and tuneful songs with a darkly comic edge
Gabriel Kahane’s whimsical song cycle about grief, divorce and death brings irresistible melodies and moments of comic brilliance to the virtuoso US vocal ensemble
The living dead: we can watch ‘Janis Joplin’ perform or reunite the Beatles, but who are the real winners here?
Advances in digital technology mean that avatars are ever more realistic, and zombie concerts are coming our way. Exciting as it might be to witness the Fab Four, or Maria Callas on stage, I’d rather have flesh and blood live experiences any day.
Fire in My Mouth review – Wolfe’s multimedia oratorio tells its tragic story with focus and power
Marin Alsop, the Philharmonia and three outstanding choirs gave the London premiere of Wolfe’s work about the deaths of 146 workers in a New York garment factory fire in 1911
‘Good music is good music, and most music is not!’ As he hits 90, master minimalist Steve Reich looks back
At 14, he heard Stravinsky and resolved to be a composer. As Reich approaches his 10th decade, the man revered by the likes of David Bowie reflects on a life that changed the soundtrack of modern living
Bluebeard’s Castle/Oedipus Rex review – gory, gruesome and gripping double bill
Joe Hill-Gibbins’ claustrophobic staging of Bartók’s opera of dark symbolism is paired with his brand new production of Stravinsky’s psychological drama
Exhausted by optimisation, I’m seeking solace in the past. As Sibelius’s swans soar skywards, so do my spirits
Humans have always been capable of transcending the lock box of daily life with little more technology at their side than wood, string, a baton and their voices
Henry Herford obituary
Baritone with an appealing tonal quality who was an enterprising explorer of song and more than 70 roles in opera
CBSO/Yamada review – apocalyptic and soul-shaking Mahler opens the season
Orchestral discipline was tight and solo contributions distinguished in Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s finely judged interpretation of Mahler’s transcendent Resurrection Symphony
Phaedra Ensemble: The Music of Meredith Monk review – fleeting rough edges amid polished beauty
Works by the not-quite-minimalist composer’s included her Realm Variations and quartet Stringsongs in a compelling concert
Exaudi: Pocket Universe album review – virtuoso vocals with a joyfully bonkers bent
Four substantial, eclectic works written for James Weeks’ ensemble are brought together here, encompassing swooping folk phrasing, delicate harmonising and exuberant stylistic skill
Opus13: Mendelssohn and Grieg album review – an assured and distinctive debut
The young quartet – winners of the Wigmore Hall String Quartet competition – continue to impress in a recording pairing Mendelssohn and Grieg
It’s going to be a blast: why 100 tubas are heading for a garden in Haddington
Anthony Braxton’s colossal Composition No 19 (for 100 Tubas) has never been performed outside the US so its arrival at the Lammermuir festival merits a mighty fanfare
The secret of Mozart’s genius unlocked – has a teenager succeeded where generations of musicologists have failed?
US student Linus Chen-Plotkin has analysed music by four canonical composers looking for patterns. Turns out Mozart’s music moves in the least predictable way