Classical music
La Pasión Según San Marcos review – Golijov’s riot of rhythm and colour gets Edinburgh off to a thrilling start
Osvaldo Golijov’s remarkable take on Bach’s St Matthew Passion exhilarates with its singular mix of textures, styles and movement, brought together into a triumphant mass by conductor Joana Carneiro
‘Few are mad enough to take it on’ – Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor on Busoni’s Piano Concerto
There’s an invisible choir, text from a Danish play about Aladdin, and it’s inspired by classical architecture, nature and quasi-Egyptian iconography – no wonder Busoni’s Piano Concerto is rarely performed. Now the colossus is coming to the Proms