On Music
Pomp and circumstance
A Venetian Coronation, The Gabrieli Consort, St John’s Smith Square
Can Putin’s conductor redeem himself?
Gergiev’s road to redemption
Music’s moral conscience
The violinist Gidon Kremer stands brilliantly apart from the rest of the music world
The concert hall of the future
A performance space without walls or limits
Unfinished? Don’t start!
A new project to restore Beethoven’s incomplete symphony borders on pathological necromancy
High-voltage Haitink recalled
Bernard Haitink, who died last month, was a conducting master
Spare us the skintight sonata
If Yuja Wang were to strip everything right down to the music, she could be a sensation
Passing on the batons
The future of conducting is looking bright — everywhere except in Russia and America
Savour the silence
The first duty of a conductor is to imagine a world without noise
Vienna’s hapless missing link
Zemlinsky’s music is arresting and his ideas fertile and diverse, but he often goes unnoticed