Thank you for choosing Air France,” said Daniel Harding, the flight’s first officer. “And remember: Rehearsal is at 6 p.m.” ...

Simon Rattle. If Rattle’s programme choices made it a decidedly muted affair, are we to draw the conclusion he doesn’t find reaching the biblical threescore years and ten milestone a cause for ...

Sir Simon Rattle’s career has been something of a best-hits album of momentous achievements. One of the most recognisable conductors in the world, his music-making has taken him from his origins in ...

As his 70th birthday approaches later this week, Simon Rattle — curly locks now snowy white — seems to remain in a perpetual state of self-renewal. The London Symphony Orchestra, where he is ...

A compilation of Sir Simon Rattle's finest performances from the BBC archive that features his work at the BBC Proms as well as his love of contemporary music. Show more Since his breakthrough in ...

Rattle's path towards becoming a musical maestro began when ... just as it did in Birmingham. Did you know? Sir Simon led two attempts at gaining the record for the World's Largest Orchestra, both ...

Linton Stephens with a showcase of Radio 3 New Generation Artists performing in Aberdeen plus Simon Rattle conducting the Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale by Berlioz. Show more Linton ...

and enjoyed a long association with Simon Rattle, coaxing the best out of a conductor who initially showed little interest in the medium.