There are celebrations to come later in the year at the Proms and at the Southbank Centre, but the Barbican has got in first with its five-concert tribute to Harrison Birtwistle to mark his 80th ...

John Lloyd Davies, who designed and directed, used lighting effectively to shift mood and create the sense of different spaces. Two large projection screens featuring digitally altered photographs for ...

Opera on 3 tonight - introduced by Tom Service - presents a rare opportunity to hear a modern classic: Gawain, the epic opera by celebrated British composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle, who died last ...