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 ...

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.

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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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 ...

Brendel is celebrated in a glorious musical evening of silliness, sublime playing and warm affection

On what would have been Alfred Brendel’s 95th birthday, some of the world’s greatest musicians performed in a relaxed and joyous celebration of an outstanding musician and benevolent mentor ...
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Over 16 Years, Simon Rattle Transformed the Berlin Philharmonic. Here’s How.

BERLIN — The conductor Simon Rattle stepped onto his podium here last month and gave the downbeat. But the orchestra in front of him was not his mighty Berlin Philharmonic — not exactly. One of the ...
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 ...
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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 ...