Beethoven’s increasing deafness is, along with his irascible character, one of those Ladybird-book facts that everyone knows, and reminding audiences of this disability through a piece of music ...

Part of the BBC Proms. Following on from the Halle’s Paris-inspired programme (Prom 16) comes a corresponding focus on London. Andrew Manze and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra open with Haydn’s ...

A full day of Stockhausen concerts, including a world premiere, was a hit and miss affair. But where there were hits, there were bulls-eyes. Even if you were born on another planet (as Stockhausen ...

But, over a decade later, it turns out that Wilson was just prepping the musical ground, as this game-changing concert made abundantly clear. The Proms debut of Wilson’s Sinfonia of London was always ...

The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin take the Proms to the ‘Musicians’ Church’, Holy Sepulchre London (aka St Sepulchure-without-Newgate), where Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood first ...