The Turn of the Screw – review
Northern Ireland Opera's production of The Turn of the Screw is, on the whole, a clear and thoroughly effective staging. There's a real buzz to this company, writes Andrew Clements
The Rest is Noise: Southbank festival to celebrate contemporary classical music
London's Southbank Centre to host year-long festival inspired by Alex Ross's study of 20th-century classical music
Ian Spink obituary
Expert on 17th-century English music
This week’s arts diary
From stormclouds over Scottish literature to storming out of a concert
Bill Ryder-Jones: If… – review
Former Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones delivers an exquisite solo debut inspired by an Italo Calvino novel, writes Paul Mardles
Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad – review
Peter Conrad's essay on the dominant musical forces of 19th-century Italy and Germany draws original, often surprising, parallels, writes Paul Levy
Off the map: Heart of Darkness gets the opera treatment
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness has been reimagined as an opera for the first time. Tom Service meets its composer Tarik O'Regan
TV highlights 07/10/2011
The Culture Show | Rostropovich – The Genius Of The Cello | Autumnwatch | Criminal Minds | A League Of Their Own | Chris Addison: My Funniest Year
Christopher Small obituary
Musicologist and writer with radical views on education
Herbert Whone obituary
Orchestral violinist and teacher who was also a notable painter
Edinburgh festival 2011: Soak it up!
Sign up for a dance marathon, catch the Chinese Romeo and Juliet – and don't miss Harry Potter getting cut down to size. Our critics pick the best of this year's Edinburgh festival
The Earl of Harewood obituary
Grandson of George V whose work with English National Opera helped transform British attitudes
Seven Angels: Kyoto beef to the rescue
When poet Glyn Maxwell was asked to turn Paradise Lost into an opera, he didn't think it could be done. Then he remembered a lavish banquet thrown for the G8 world leaders …
This week’s arts diary
Charlotte Higgins: Simon Russell Beale goes on pointe, a plea to concert-goers and former culture secretary Lord Smith talks cuts
Top scores for the book that teaches composers how to communicate
Tom Service: In an age of digitised music notation, Elaine Gould's Behind Bars will be a revelation for those who are not 'masters of their art'