WHAT'S ON

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Sage Gateshead, 7.30pm tonight.

Programme: Ravel, Thomas Ades, George Benjamin and Rachmaninov. Box office: 0191-443-4661.

REVIEWS

Arvo Part: In Principo (ECM New Series 476 6990)

The Estonian composer Arvo Part has produced another compelling album. In Principo begins with the famous line that opens the Gospel of St John, while La Sindone depicts the enigma of the Holy Shroud. A must.

Till Fellner: JS Bach Inventions and Sinfonias (ECM476 6355)

Fellner's latest recording has the splendour of the contrapuntal laid out in all its glory, with each playing shedding new light on the works.

Eleni Karaindrou, Dust of Time (ECM 476 6766)

Greek director Theo Angelopoulos commissions the hauntingly beautiful music of Eleni Karaindrou. His latest film, Dust of Time, depicts the lives of those caught in the crossfire of history, from Stalin's death to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1953. Evocative and timeless music