BBC Symphony Orchestra heads to shopping centre

Free performances around London

Father of the King's Musick

On the trail of Henry VIII, Lucie Skeaping uncovers the tale of a forgotten manuscript

Songs from a Golden Age

Alamire shine in Henry VIII's pieces – listen to a clip here

Lower online streaming charges to 'help digital market'

But online radio station Pandora not persuaded by UK's 'highest publishing rates in the world'

Barcelona vs Manchester

OK, so Barcelona has the better football team. But which city has the greater musical heritage? Jeremy Pound compares the two…

Shostakovich's daring first opera

Valery Gergiev conducts The Nose – listen to a clip here

Semyon Bychkov

Fresh from performing and recording Lohengrin, the Russian conductor explains how Wagner's music transcends what might otherwise appear to be overblown myth

BBC Symphony Orchestra to train young professionals

New orchestral apprenticeship scheme

World’s first ‘scent opera’

Premiere to take place in New York

Six of the best… organs (part 1)

Oliver Condy's quick guide to some of the greatest pipe organs in the world