Proms 6 & 7

Royal Albert Hall, London Rating: ***/****

Prom 5

Royal Albert Hall, LondonRating: ***

Prom 4

Royal Albert Hall, London ****

Prom 3

Royal Albert Hall, London Rating: ****

First night of the Proms

Royal Albert Hall, LondonRating: ***

CBSO/Oramo

Symphony Hall, Birmingham Rating: ****

London Sinfonietta/ Knussen

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Rating: ****

BBC Philharmonic/Furst

RNCM, Manchester ***

CBSO/Oramo

Symphony Hall, Birmingham Rating: *****

Maurizio Pollini

Royal Festival Hall, London Rating: ****

The Salvador Dali of sound

GMYO/ Jansons Barbican, London *****

Sacred conversations

It was one of poet laureate Andrew Motion's toughest commissions: to match in words the beauty of Haydn's music. How did he do it?

BBC Phil/ Tortelie

Bridgewater HallManchester Rating:***

LSO/Pappano

Barbican London Rating: ****

BBC Phil/ Tortelier

Bridgewater Hall Manchester Rating: ****