Concert and Recital Reviews

Cohen's Arcangelo brought precision and intelligence to Bach's Mass in B minor – but the Royal Albert Hall swallowed the orchestra whole

Six-part Byrd, obscure pre-Reformation rarities and a programme steeped in religious turmoil – The Gesualdo Six's Wigmore residency begins in style

At 85 and still astonishing, Argerich made Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 sound wonderfully fresh – the Munich Philharmonic's Brahms was weightier fare

Augustin Hadelich's Beethoven and Kirill Petrenko's Scriabin combine to make this BBC Proms concert a deeply memorable occasion

Even losing his baton mid-performance barely slowed Kirill Petrenko down – this was the Berlin Philharmonic at the absolute peak of their powers

Anatolian psych rock interpretations of Turkish folk music meets the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jules Buckley

A fearless guest soloist and an orchestra playing with theatrical fire made this one of the BBC Proms' finest evenings

A vivid celebration of the USA's 250th anniversary – Copland and Bernstein sparkled, though Roberts' reworked Rhapsody in Blue divided opinion

Angel Blue's extraordinary Knoxville and a sunlit Dvořák Eighth Symphony made this Chineke! Prom one of the summer's finest evenings

The quartet played magnificently – but the vast BBC Proms setting proved an awkward home for this most intimate of jazz repertoires

Hankey's magnetic Composer and Willis-Sørensen's gleaming Ariadne made this Glyndebourne semi-staging one of the Proms' finest evenings

Helen Grime and Huw Watkins premiere new works at the North York Moors Chamber Music Festival, with Gilchrist's Britten the highlight

A performance of pinpoint precision – Antonio Pappano and the LSO made Berlioz' Grande Messe des morts feel genuinely otherworldly

Son's Gershwin dazzled and Gaffigan's Barber impressed – Marsalis' new Concerto for Orchestra was brilliantly played but lacked depth

A faltering Beethoven Pastoral gives way to a blazing Thomas Adès Inferno as Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil find their best form after the interval

Erin Morley is radiant in two Mozart concert arias, but the OAE's historically informed approach falls short in Haydn's Nelson Mass

The ORR and Monteverdi Choir bring period-instrument brilliance to Weber's chivalric fantasy, with Tamsin Greig's narration a delight

The 40th anniversary of Paul Simon’s Grammy-winning album was celebrated with flair and panache at the BBC Proms, with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Nu Civilisation Orchestra and a cast of vocalists

Alexandra Dariescu's Boulanger Fantasy and a breathtaking Rachmaninov make this one of the BBC Proms' finest concerts

Kirill Gerstein's revelatory Rachmaninov and a visceral Symphony No. 11 make this one of the BBC Proms' most gripping evenings

A Dani Howard world premiere and Leonidas Kavakos' commanding Tchaikovsky precede an extraordinary account of Scriabin's neglected Second Symphony