Amid the funding woes there were still bright spots this year, from Bach to Byrd, and the Rite to Rachmaninov, while the streaming world continued to evolve and expand

The star Icelandic pianist is having an extraordinary year – recording, and now performing, Bach’s monumental work 88 times around the world. He explains why it gripped his imagination, and pushed him beyond the limit

First on grand, then upright piano, the Icelandic star maps his life in music, while Shaw and Attacca Quartet take on nature and language to compelling effect

The Icelandic pianist’s Mozart-centred recital revealed only slowly its sense of purpose and personality, but there were glimpses of intense, personal playing

ach and Mozart on a modern grand seemed bizarrely anachronistic, although two encores showcased the Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson at his best

There’s still time to catch the Icelandic pianist’s livestreamed concert of Mozart and Bach, part of the Bergen Phil’s excellent, free Wintermezzo online festival

The Dunedin Consort’s new Samson comes with and without mixed choir, while Víkingur Ólafsson reworks his brilliant Bach recital