Soprano Watts captured the spirituality of Finzi’s Dies Natalis while a tribute to Afghan poet Nadia Anjuman was sung with overwhelming commitment alongside relishingly played new and old string music

Works by Tippett, Walton and Maconchy underlined the UK’s fertile musical life at the time of the last Coronation, while a new Joseph Phibbs piece was worthy company

Saverio Mercadante’s opera of a love triangle in 17th-century Scotland is conducted with conviction by Carlo Rizzi and its complex heroine is beautifully sung by Irene Roberts

One of our most vital ensembles offers a rare glimpse of an astonishing score from Frederick Delius, while Joseph Tawadros delivers stunning virtuosity and ‘heavy metal’ oud

Sebastião Salgado’s photographs of the rainforest combined with music with Amazonian connections in this powerful and moving concert featuring the Britten Sinfonia under Simone Menezes

The Aldeburgh festival in another guise delivered some memorable premieres, with the music of its founder ever present

A leading light of London’s jazz scene gave an extraordinary demonstration of his clarinet expertise, adding nuance to Copland and Stravinsky

With works by Bach, Gerald Finzi and Ivor Novello – plus a warming Christmas carol – this concert confirmed music’s power to console in troubled times

A tribute to the 19th-century computing pioneer revealed some fascinating processes, but the music was less rewarding

Poems on displacement by Benjamin Zephaniah, Brian Bilston, Dickinson and Auden drive a weighty new song cycle by Mark-Anthony Turnage, delivered masterfully by Allan Clayton