A sparkling solo show by the British percussionist in a community venue next to the US Embassy is doubly inspiring. And the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra fire on all cylinders in Kirill Karabits’s final season

What was formerly Colston Hall reopened with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits on blazing form

The conductor’s special qualities were on show in a varied programme, and helped add stability to artist-in-residence Alexander Malofeev’s glittering performance

A work by the conductor’s father Ivan Karabits celebrated Kyiv, and Felix Klieser’s brought zest and panache to Mozart, but the sheer skill and audacity of the BSO in Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony was awe-inspiring

The Ukrainian conductor led his orchestra through a programme of Ukrainian and Russian music, culminating in a near perfect performance of Shostakovich’s Fourth

Percussive thrills on all sides and live electronics 17th-century style meet a woodwind Mozart masterclass and Bournemouth’s answer to Cate Blanchett…

A century after its composition, Feodor Akimenko’s Cello Concerto finally had its premiere, in an outstanding concert that also featured Stravinsky and Mahler

Strong performances offset the misery in ENO’s new production of Poul Ruders’s opera. Elsewhere, Easter organ music and a cosmic world premiere

The Ukranian-born chief conductor brought the crowd to their feet before and after a powerful programme of Sibelius, Bax and Elizabeth Ogonek

John Luther Adams’s Grand Canyon meditation finally surfaces; James Ehnes makes Walton look easy; and Felix Klieser and co shine in Mozart and Brahms

Proms on consecutive evenings featured premieres of Augusta Read Thomas’s Dance Foldings and Mason Bates’s Auditorium. Both full of interest, the former work felt the more successful

Cardi B pushes into Beyoncé’s turf and Sleaford Mods tot up the cost of Covid, while UK orchestras head back to the concert hall – our critics look ahead to big music moments

A programme of works by composers from former Soviet countries unearthed a haunting piece by Théodore Akimenko

Stamina and introspection were key to an immersive weekend of meditative listening. Elsewhere, bravura John Adams and Mozart’s dark materials

Lighthouse, Poole
Liszt’s poetic work merits a listen, but was easily outshone by Hummel and a ravishing Rosenkavalier

Guildhall’s terrific Così confronts the opera’s battle of the sexes head-on. Plus, a thrilling Turnage premiere

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Resound Ensemble explain why it’s not about the disability, it’s about the quality of music-making

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