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Signing off with a joyous new commission from 96-year-old Betsy Jolas and a return to a longtime Messiaen favourite, Sir Simon led a regretful but sunny evening

Can you see the conductor?

The sculpture will be unveiled on June 15 before Sir Simon conducts his final concert as the London Symphony Orchestra’s (LSO) music director.

Premieres by Jonathan Woolgar and Colin Matthews sat alongside music by Lili Boulanger, Cassie Kinoshi and Bartók in a concert full of interest and energy

In an all Brahms programme, Christian Tetzlaff brought momentum and shape to the Violin Concerto, and Tilson Thomas made every note glow

From Portuguese Fado to the Rite of Spring played from memory, a Horrible Histories opera and a tribute to a Bollywood legend, there’s something for everyone

KOCHI: Retired naval aviator and Keralite sailor Abhilash Tomy will finish the solo 30000 nautical mile Golden Globe Race today. At 10pm on Friday, Tomy was around 60 nautical miles from the finishing point Les Sables-d'Olonne (LSO), France and he is expected to reach there by Saturday afternoon on his…

The outgoing director of the London Symphony Orchestra says that cuts by Arts Council England and the BBC risk destroying the entire sector

Superbly executed Mahler was given fire by the addition of Poulenc’s work from the just saved BBC Singers – and a fierce attack on arts funding by the conductor

BBC Singers are under pressure amid budget cuts

Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO go to the edge with Shostakovich. Plus, an operatic trip to Wonderland for deaf and hard-of-hearing children