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"It is hard to describe the effect of this concert and it is not the first-time during a Mahler performance that I have been transported to another dimension." Arts editor HELEN MUSA reviews the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Our guide to the best songs about friendship. For hundreds more guides visit www.classical-music.com

James F. Penrose on the lasting power of the composer & his tumultuous life.

Connolly pours a lifetime of experience into Mahler’s sorrowful songs.

Tenor whose robust and attractive tone enhanced a thrillingly heroic delivery

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A regular of Bayreuth, he previously spent eight years in the Phantom of the Opera.

CONSTANTIN ECKNER: Deutschland uber alles - Germany above all. To some, it might easily be dismissed as an unremarkable, patriotic chant.

Here are the stars from the classical world who have graced the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing - as performers and, in one case, a much-loved judge

Rock, rap and pop royalty are set for a strong season, with returns for the Chemical Brothers and Kylie. Tropicália pioneer Gilberto Gil celebrates a stellar career and Thomas Adès takes the reins at the Hallé