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A rap from the podium

Few conductors speak directly to their audiences, but when they do is it informative and engaging or downright annoying?

Classical music gets a raw deal at South by Southwest

The music festival in Austin, Texas, hosts its third Nonclassical record label night – with mixed results

Marin Alsop opens a new Brazilian chapter

An inaugural concert in São Paulo that bodes well for the future

Bruckner’s Ninth gains a finale in Berlin

Rattle premieres the latest edition of Bruckner’s unfinished symphony

An Englishman abroad

Elgar’s Symphony No 1 - in Rome, for the first time in 95 years

Stephen Hough plays Morton Feldman at Wigmore Hall

The pianist talks about the silent but deadly impact of early Feldman

Rosenblatt Recital in memory of John Steane

A fitting tribute to a vocal expert

Chailly and Harnoncourt conduct Beethoven

Thoughts provoked by two maestros

A worthy tribute to Sir Charles Mackerras

...and he wouldn’t have forgotten the Chorus

Domingo brings the house down

But Covent Garden gala celebration is a curate’s egg

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