Colin Currie Group review – Turnage’s percussion sextet is varied and vivid
Alongside Mark-Anthony Turnage’s New England Études (receiving its UK premiere), works by Julia Wolfe, Steve Reich and Rolf Wallin were played with immaculate precision
August 2022
Prom 39: BBCSO/Oramo review – a soaring tale of three cities … and a blackbird
Oramo’s Prom of English music includedthe UK premiere of Turnage’s Time Flies; with an encore of Paul McCartney’s Blackbird from tubist Constantin Hartwig
July 2022
‘We hear things no one else notices’: Proms composers on their extraordinary new music
The world’s greatest classical music festival is back. From landing on Mars to the life of a beehive, Thomas Adès, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Jennifer Walshe and others tell us about the work they’ll debut there
December 2021
Home listening
Classical home listening: Philippe Jaroussky and Thibaut Garcia, Attacca Quartet and more
The countertenor makes a guitar album, while the Brooklyn foursome mix madrigals and minimalism
November 2021
Up for Grabs review – Turnage’s deliriously unbuttoned score celebrates thrilling football history
They shoot, he scores! The composer who set a legendary Arsenal match to music
April 2021
Lockdown culture
The week in classical: world premieres by Anna Clyne, Huw Watkins and Mark-Anthony Turnage
The SCO premiered Clyne’s Overflow, the Hallé Watkins’s Symphony No 2; and Turnage’s Lament had its first airing on French radio
September 2020
Turnage world premiere review – a heartfelt tribute to Oliver Knussen
LSO/Rattle review – Turnage, Knussen and Britten make an evening to be savoured
January 2020
Philharmonia/Salonen review – Turnage gets the horn
Mark-Anthony Turnage’s horn concerto was premiered with understated virtuosity by Richard Watkins, part of a programme that focused on the instrument with warmth and wit
September 2019
Britten Sinfonia / Gourlay review – Turnage and Clayton sing out for refugees
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
August 2019
Let’s not keep new music in seclusion
Letter: Presenting music recently created alongside that of the last 100 years would certainly enable listeners to assess composers’ achievements more accurately, says Meirion Bowen
December 2018
Best culture 2018
Top 10 classical music events of 2018
Kirill Petrenko gave a foretaste of his time at the Berlin Phil; at 92, Kurtág finally took Beckett to the opera; and young Leeds winner Eric Lu astonished
November 2018
The Silver Tassie review – superb, fiery outing for Turnage's first world war masterpiece
This concert staging of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera based on Sean O’Casey’s play was forcefully conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth and sung by a consistently strong cast
April 2018
No more operas from Turnage, as Twitter row with critics turns toxic
The week in classical: Coraline; Holy Week festival – review
March 2018
Coraline review – creepy adaptation of Neil Gaiman's tale will turn kids on to opera
Neil Gaiman on Coraline the terrifying opera: 'Being brave means being scared'
August 2017
Greek review – Oedipus opera update as relevant and risque as ever
A stellar cast in this minimalist new production – complete with shouty, Brexit-era headlines – make Mark-Anthony Turnage’s 1980s classic a tale for our times
February 2017
LSO/Wilson review – Turnage trumpet concerto pushes soloist to limits
