Stravinsky's 1913 ballet, The Rite of Spring, premiered to catcalls and fisticuffs.

He was a gifted cellist, and his work remained rooted in the practicalities of performance

For all its brave themes, some false notes limit the impact of this musical odyssey.

Few composers thought bigger, or longer, than Bruckner, who constantly revised his colossal works – in the case of this final symphony, spending nine years writing and still not completing it before his death, leading to a plethora of posthumous fourth movement “completions” over the past three decades.

Yes, concert halls and opera houses worked their socks off, but there was thrilling music in a car park and off the beaten track