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We Out Here festival review – a new jazz generation is born
Saxophonist Gary Bartz, Joe Armon-Jones and Binker Golding are some of the big names at this festival curated by Gilles Peterson
Read more » | Desktop version »Jaden review – rap enigma reaches an energetic frenzy
Thrashing around, the artist shooting for the sad-rap stars lets his lighter side shine with summer singalongs alongside melodic trap meditations
Read more » | Desktop version »Prom 41: LPO/Jurowski review – Russian novelties surprise and delight
Turn of the century compositions by Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov and Lyadov make up a superbly played programme led by Vladimir Jurowski
Read more » | Desktop version »Prom 40: OAE/Hough review – a riot of orchestral colour
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth, Stephen Hough played Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No 1 on the monarch’s own piano with fuss-free finesse
Read more » | Desktop version »SCO/Christophers review – premiere of James MacMillan's ecstatic Fifth Symphony
The latest symphony from the pre-eminent Scottish composer, a meditation on the Holy Spirit featuring a striking 20-voice motet, received a rapturous response
Read more » | Desktop version »Ariana Grande review – crowd-pleasing anthems of female resilience
Grande’s vocals are given the spotlight in a show that’s refreshingly understated ... for a gig involving a neon limousine, cascading bank notes and a re-creation of The Last Supper
Read more » | Desktop version »Sleater-Kinney: The Center Won’t Hold review – trying too hard?
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Read more » | Desktop version »Blanck Mass: Animated Violence Mild review – Power reins in the cacophony
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Read more » | Desktop version »Leslie Stevens: Sinner review – potent ‘cosmic country’
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Read more » | Desktop version »Home listening: Scriabin, Chopin and Liszt piano works
New releases from Chen Yunjie and Mariam Batsashvili; and Radio 3 in Edinburgh
Read more » | Desktop version »Bat for Lashes: ‘I didn’t know if I was going to make an album again’
Natasha Khan on how her ambition to direct a horror film influenced her new record Lost Girls
Read more » | Desktop version »Passionate, tender, heartbreaking … letters reveal Leonard Bernstein’s 10-year secret affair
The West Side Story composer met and fell in love with a young Japanese fan on tour and their romance lasted until his death
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