Classical Music

There are old favourites and new blood in the Royal Opera House's 2008-2009 season, including an as-yet-untitled new work by iconoclastic lead choreographer Wayne McGregor

There's a rich selection of classics and new works in the ROH's 2008-2009 opera season, and a season of great Italian operas to look forward to next summer

Nigel Kennedy talks to Time Out about why it has taken him 21 years to play the Proms again

It takes a rather special conductor to drag Time Out’s classical editor Jonathan Lennie away from his wife on their wedding night. Luckily, Borat-loving Sir Simon Rattle is just that

Murderous bees, gun-toting GIs and death by chocolate… they’ve all taken a fatal toll on classical music’s finest. Jonathan Lennie picks his favourite final movements

It's not just clubbing and art which define the New East: the area is energised with all kinds of cultural life. Time Out's experts size it up

Concert pianist and professor at Trinity College of Music, Karl Lutchmayer answers your classical music queries

Richard Boothby is a member of the viol consort Fretwork