Strange, then, that the British don’t seem to realise, as do the Americans, Chinese, Japanese and Italians – acknowledging the only town not so far north of the Alps equal to any of their own – that ...

Written over the summers of 1901 and 1902, Mahler's Fifth remains one of the best-loved symphonies in the repertory, its famous Adagietto a love-letter to his wife, Alma. Before it, the brilliantly ...

In wenigen Tagen findet in Bamberg das grandiose Jubiläumskonzert für alle Jazz- und Swing-Fans statt: Am Montag, 17. Oktober, kommt „The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra“ in den Hegelsaal der ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Feelings of nostalgia are hard to ignore in the first of three Bamberg Symphony Orchestra concerts recorded for the 50th Hong Kong Arts Festival. Czech composer Bedrich Smetana recalled the former ...

The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra is of the latter kind. It would be hard for the players not to respond to the spacious, precise, thrilling gestures of Jonathan Nott. There are no astonishing soloists, ...

Though it failed to fill the hall, this was a closing concert of high achievement. Perhaps the thought of a German orchestra performing an entire evening of Ravel did not whet appetites. But what ...