“What tremendous rejoicing and applause! A delirium unparalleled in the annals of furore”, wrote the German poet Heinrich ...

The Labour Party is starting its second year in control of the government with difficult choices over whether to curb spending or raise taxes.

The main event is Adès’s Aquifer, written for Simon Rattle and his Munich orchestra last year. The music is a depiction of water rising through layers of rock, making this one of Adès’s virtuoso ...

Oliver Mears’s production offers a grisly interpretation of the doomed love story between Jupiter and a mere mortal ...

Kožená is partnered by a distinguished colleague, Mitsuko Uchida. In her solo recitals, the pianist has proved herself a highly sensitive interpreter of French music, and so she is here, precise, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Period instruments might have been invented to play Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night ...

What should I know about this advisor? Richard Herman is a financial advisor in New York, NY. They have been in practice for 11 years, the last 3 years at Morgan Stanley.

Classical music by Richard Fairman At Large: Behind the Camera with Brian Large by Brian Large and Jane Scovell (Verlag für moderne Kunst) Few memoirs from a life in music are as entertaining as ...

Richard ‘Dick’ Beattie in 2010. Photo: Astrid Stawiarz for WSJ Behind every private-equity buyout is a cadre of lawyers. Behind some of the biggest buyouts was Dick Beattie.

Simon Keenlyside brings authority to the title role in a minimalist Verdi production that does more with less ...

Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders. Pay a year upfront and save 20%. FT Digital Edition: today’s FT, cover to cover on any device. This ...

Home Culture & Life Theatre the week recommends Garsington Opera opens its summer festival with two 'very different productions' A 'fabulous' new staging of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades and ...