Review: Oasis at the Liverpool Echo Arena

Obtuse as some of their selections were, Oasis never left it too long before dusting down a surefire favourite

London Sinfonietta

What venue can boast a concert hall lined with the wood of a 500-year-old Bavarian oak, felled at full moon?

Northern Sinfonia/Zehetmair

The first of the Northern Sinfonia's cycle of Beethoven's symphonies promises a lively ride for the series

Scottish Ensemble/Alison Balsom/Alasdair Beatson

Proud, elegiac almost, Alison Balsom plays with flashes of breath-sapping coloratura brilliance

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Rattle

The conductor embarks on an psychological journey as he returns to the orchestra he first conducted 33 years ago

Donatella Flick Conducting Competition

Three promising young conductors took charge of the London Symphony Orchestra in the biennial contest

Will Young at Cadogan Hall, SW1 - the Sunday Times review

A low-key show at a classical venue, the Cadogan Hall, proved Young has the potential to fulfil his ambition

Opening Festival

With world music, jazz, folk and minimalism represented on the opening day, Kings Place trumpeted its eclectic policy

Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer

On top form, no outfit in the world can beat them for their subtlety and multiplicity of colour, spring sparkle and rhythmic snap

London Sinfonietta/Brabbins

Songs with power, dispatched with confidence by baritone Matthias Goerne, the Sinfonietta and conductor Martyn Brabbins

Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes

The playing was immaculate, there was no shortage of soulfulness too as the stride, boogie and bop figures swirled together

Kirchschlager/Drake, Royal/Martineau

As chanteuse in songs from Weill's Paris years, Kirchschlager tried, but the voice needed more absinthe and nicotine

Keane

Tom Chaplin sang the new songs with a passion absent from the old, dropping to his knees and jumping on the drum riser

Robert Forster at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

The surviving half of the Go-Betweens starts off gloomy but builds up to a moving tribute to his late friend

LPO/Jurowski at the Festival Hall, Southbank Centre

An enriching and thought-provoking programme has at its heart a great performance of a less than great work

Viktoria Mullova

Vika with gut is a greater thrill than Mullova on Strad - though she needs to listen harder to the softer fortepiano

Four stars for The Ting Tings

Life's a scream for the angry young Tings - who thankfully showed no sign of mellowing in this performance, says Pete Paphides

Alim Qasimov/Kronos Quuartet

The Kronos's most potent sorties came in a series of densely atmospheric pieces in this Ramadan Nights performance

Ronnie Spector

The biggest disappointment was the ruinous deterioration in Ronnie Spector's voice and her chronic inability to stay in tune

Matter Launch party

Fabric founders Keith Reilly and Camerlon Leslie launched their second London venue