Geoff Brown

The latest in a ‘Nordic Strands’ series, at the Royal Festival Hall in London, featured an underpowered Sibelius Violin Concerto but a brilliantly combative Nielsen’s Fifth

Soloist Lawrence Power unveiled a bold new work by Magnus Lindberg at the Royal Festival Hall before conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen led a thrilling performance of Sibelius’s First Symphony

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In a London Jazz Festival fusion event, the saxophonist joined the Britten Sinfonia at Milton Court in London to make dynamic musical mincemeat

The orchestra radiated energy, bonhomie and community spirit at Queen Elizabeth Hall, conducted by an incisive Kevin John Edusei

At the Wigmore Hall, the pianist’s epic chunks from Götterdämmerung formed a storm-tossed 28 minutes from an instrument that sounded as though it had 200 keys

Shirk the obvious fare for the sound of Merton College’s choristers, a German baroque treasure or Franz Liszt in full Santa mode

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Senator Tim Kaine, losing Democrat vice presidential candidate in 2016, seized his opportunity to strut his stuff in Tuesday's confirmation hearing of Pete Hegseth. I must admit to being surprised by his less than senatorial appearance: subtract the pink tie and gray jacket, and he looked and acted like a fired up, disheveled, portly weekend basketball warrior looking for someone to chest-bump.

Memories of the terrorist attacks in New York were brought vibrantly to life as the London Philharmonic played the composer’s On the Transmigration of Souls at the Royal Festival Hall