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Robert Laidlow: Reality Eaters album review – wildly imaginative and intricate, but eminently approachable

Einstein’s field equations, Newton’s universal law and artificial intelligence are among the subjects of Laidlow’s ambitious orchestral works

The Guardian - UK

BBC Phil/Seal: Bliss, Miracle in the Gorbals/Metamorphic Variations album review – much to enjoy

This is a fascinating chance to hear two contrasting pieces by the former master of the Queen’s music; the BBC Philharmonic unfurl the beauties of each work

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a hilarious and heart-tugging finale for Big Boys

Tissues at the ready for Jon Pointing and Dylan Llewellyn’s emotional ending. Plus: another weepy conclusion for Miss Austen. Here’s everything to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works vol 3 album review – an ambitious symphony and a bittersweet miniature

The BBC Philharmonic do full justice to the mid-century composer’s first symphony, a blend of fluent lyricism and rhythmic drive

The Guardian - UK

BBC Philharmonic/Storgårds review – a life-affirming programme from an orchestra firing on all cylinders

From James Lee III’s vivid exploration of Martin Luther King to an electrifying performance of Nielsen’s fourth, this was an evening to lift even the most downtrodden spirits

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony; Riot Ensemble’s Vestige

The BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds excels in Shostakovich’s intimate penultimate symphony, while new music champions Riot Ensemble explore memory, healing and desire

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: BBC Proms week one; Ariadne auf Naxos – review

Record viewing and listening figures, plus keyboard wizardry from Paul Lewis, Benjamin Grosvenor and Stephen Hough, kicked off another year at the Proms. Elsewhere, Strauss’s Cretan romcom laid bare

The Guardian - UK

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Prom 6: BBC Phil/ Wigglesworth/ Hough – fiery precision and brilliance

This stunning Prom featured Stephen Hough balancing bravura with lyricism in Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto, the premiere of Grace-Evangeline Mason’s quietly effective Ablaze the Moon and a finely judged reading of Mahler’s First Symphony

The Guardian - UK

Sonic Geography at Manchester International Festival

The one-off show at the Bridgewater Hall sees the BBC Philharmonic play new music inspired by the climate crisis

Manchester Evening News

Classical home listening: more Eric Coates from John Wilson; Serse from Harry Bicket; and John Bridcut’s new film

Wilson and the BBC Philharmonic mine more gems by the neglected British composer; the English Concert and a stellar cast excel in Handel’s opera seria; and Bridcut gets to the heart of Michael Tippett

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