The Sinfonietta played three pieces by innovative composer Julián Carrillo, as well as an exhilarating performance of a work by the oft-overlooked Silvestre Revueltas

Concerts, talks and foyer events celebrated Ligeti in his centenary year. With pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard at its heart, it was a day that underlined the composer’s extraordinary music and unique legacy

This London Sinfonietta tribute concert, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, was a poignant occasion that showcased both the excoriating power and tranquillity of Birtwistle’s music

New compositions from Jack Sheen and Justė Janulytė, whose work mirrored the patterns of the human body, were the highlights of a varied programme

With its cross- and poly-rhythmic improvisations, Neset’s mind-bending music came as a shock to the classical conductor and his musicians – but also an intoxicating joy

A rare immersion in the late Canadian composer – notorious for the manner of his death – reveals patchy beginnings evolving into mature harmonic soundscapes unlike anything else

A profoundly mournful classical work, written by one of Poland’s leading avant-garde composers, vied with REM and Paul McCartney to become a huge bestseller in 1992. Those involved recall a truly surprising hit

Two of the Catalan-composer’s astrological works reminded audiences of his brilliantly-coloured music in a programme that also showcased contemporary Catalan composers

Gerald Finley and Susan Bullock are at their best in a disquieting small-scale reimagining for Theatre of Sound; while Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic’s more traditional take is equally sensational

Our critic enjoys a masterly, socially distanced first night of the Proms, a new series by Opera North made to listen as you walk and a striking Met performance by Lise Davidsen

From vampy robotics to a ‘game’ between cellists, this vivid celebration of the late avant-garde composer embraced the remarkable range of his work

Using Debussy’s Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune as a starting point, composers from Varèse to Saariaho furthered its sonority and spectralism

The raw intensity of Davies’ writing was perfectly captured in this concert that also showcased impressive works by Naomi Pinnock and Clara Iannotta

Diverse, discursive and impossibly dense, Ayres’s picaresque tale is dramatically uneven but was performed with virtuoso flair

From Aletta Collins’ refreshing abstraction to Calvin Richardson’s human piñatas, these new works are just what the Royal should be doing right now

ENO’s first ever Porgy and Bess is a resounding triumph. Elsewhere, a harmonious triple bill and a seamless fusion of dance, music and myth

Benjamin conducts four new pieces with care and intensity but comes into his own with works of ritual mourning by Stravinsky and Messiaen

Composer Philip Venables’ fatally unfunny work for the London Sinfonietta needs radical reworking