BBC Proms 2015

Best of 2015: our classical critics pick their favourite live events

There were masterly turns by prodigious youngsters, and vigorous performances by mature masters – across the UK, it’s been a fascinating classical year

Rian Evans, Alfred Hickling, Erica Jeal, Martin Kettle, Kate Molleson

18, Dec, 2015 @8:00 AM

George Hall's top 10 classical concerts and operas of 2015

A marathon performance of Bach by Yo-Yo Ma and a musical-opera take on Taming of the Shrew are among the highlights of the year for our classical critic

George Hall

17, Dec, 2015 @2:30 PM

Tim Ashley's top 10 classical concerts and operas of 2015

From moody lieder to stunning accounts of erotic operas and many rarer gems, this was a year for thrilling, powerhouse performances, found our classical critic

Tim Ashley

17, Dec, 2015 @2:09 PM

The top 10 classical concerts and operas of 2015

Andris Nelsons and Simon Rattle led masterful surveys of Beethoven and Sibelius, the Proms made it great to stay up late, and opera brought moments both comic and surreal

Andrew Clements and Guardian music

16, Dec, 2015 @7:00 AM

Last Night of the Proms review – Alsop controls the crowd with ease

Marin Alsop conducted the BBCSO through a glamorous evening of classical barnstormers, singalongs, politics and knicker-throwing adulation

Erica Jeal

13, Sep, 2015 @2:05 PM

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: The Dream of Gerontius; Prom 73 review – glowing, resplendent, almost suave

While the world’s conductors played musical chairs, the Vienna Phil continued their long tradition of seamless sound

Fiona Maddocks

13, Sep, 2015 @11:25 AM

Wireless Nights Prom with Jarvis Cocker review – more lucid dream than pop gig

Former Pulp frontman and occasional late-night radio host plunges his audience into a sleep-themed reverie, complete with lullaby accompaniment from the BBC Philharmonic

Caroline Sullivan

11, Sep, 2015 @2:32 PM

Vienna PO/Bychkov review – sumptuously coherent and balanced sound

The Vienna Philharmonic is at the top of its game at the moment, but under Semyon Bychkov, Brahms’s Third was far from convincing

Andrew Clements

11, Sep, 2015 @1:36 PM

10 of the best: Proms premieres

Many hundreds of works have received their first performance at the Proms in its 120-year history. We select 10 of the most memorable

Andrew Clements

11, Sep, 2015 @9:00 AM

Not just a cute girl on a podium: how to get more women conducting

If we are to enable more women to become conductors they need both hands-on experience and inspirational role models.

Alice Farnham

10, Sep, 2015 @6:26 PM

BBCSO/Litton – it made us think differently about Nielsen and Ives

This well-conceived Prom with a generous range of choral forces placed the major works by Nielsen and Ives alongside the popular roots of their writing

Martin Kettle

10, Sep, 2015 @1:40 PM

St Petersburg Phil/Temirkanov/Fischer review – another feast of idiomatic Russian playing

The St Petersburg Philharmonic’s well-blended, bottom-heavy sound was showcased to stunning effect in a programme of Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and – more surprisingly – Elgar