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‘Why would an orchestra exist in this hell?’ Inside The Lost Music of Auschwitz | Television | The Guardian
As the Red Army closed in on the concentration camp, the Nazis tried to destroy every bit of evidence – but they didn’t manage to burn all the music written there. Ahead of a new film, we meet the man who’s spent eight years piecing those extraordinary scraps of music back together
Hallé/Wong review – a thrilling and radiant Mahler 2 sees the orchestra at the height of its powers | Hallé Orchestra | The Guardian
<strong>Bridgewater Hall, Manchester</strong><br>New principal conductor Kahchun Wong held the balance between restraint and muscle and, with soloists Sarah Connolly and Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, made this ‘Resurrection’ unforgettable
Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra at 50: is it time to throw brickbats or bouquets? | Classical music | The Guardian
As the feted musicians arrive in London for sold-out concerts, we look at El Sistema, the education system that spawned the world-conquering orchestra, and why some are calling for its boycott
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Appl Messiah review – Benjamin Appl makes solid, if sparse conducting debut | Classical music | The Guardian
The baritone received a warm welcome for his first outing with the baton, with his four soloists adding pizzazz and tension to a reading that at times lacked dynamism
‘I don’t like being revered’: Brian Eno on art, AI, and why he hates talking about David Bowie | Brian Eno | The Guardian
He’s worked with some of the biggest names in music, but his latest book claims there’s an artist in all of us. Brian Eno and co-author Bette Adriaanse discuss the myth of genius, and how to really unlock your creativity
LSO/Rattle review – old, new, borrowed and Boulez for conductor’s birthday concerts | London Symphony Orchestra | The Guardian
World premieres by George Benjamin and Mark-Anthony Turnage were centrepieces of two concerts celebrating Rattle’s 70th, but it was symphonies – Brahms and Vaughan Williams – that were the high points
‘We listen to it to remind us of home’: 100 years of the Shipping Forecast | Music | The Guardian
An enigmatic nautical bulletin that has transmitted across dark waters for a whole century, it has beguiled everyone from Carol Ann Duffy to Blur – and offered a very British comfort to people across the globe