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Gleich zwei Debütanten stehen beim filmmusikalischen Programm auf der Bühne: Dirigent John Wilson und Pianist Louis Schwizgebel.

Eric Owens singt Porgy mit Leib und Seele und ist mit seiner charismatischen Ausstrahlung der unbestrittene Held dieser Oper.

Lahav Shani dirigierte das Philharmonische Orchester Rotterdamm bei Weills zweiter Symphonie, spielte das Solo bei Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue und tanzte bei Bernsteins West Side Story.

Kraft und Virtuosität, durchgestaltet und hinreißend gespielt: Juan Pérez Floristán lebt diese Musik!

Schnelle Tempi, perlende Klänge sowie pathetische Gefühlsausbrüche hatten Andris Nelsons, Jean-Yves Thibaudet und das Concertgebouw Orchestra in Essen im Gepäck. 

Mariss Jansons und das BRSO widmen zusammen mit Pianist Denis Matsuev einen Abend der Rhapsodie. España ist dabei der Ausgangspunkt für den Abend, bei dem Matsuev nicht vollkommen überzeugen kann.

Karneval und Klassik, Klassik und Unterhaltungsmusik – dass diese Elemente nicht in Widerspruch stehen, sondern eine so unterhaltsame wie musikalisch hochkarätige Einheit eingehen können, zeigte Blechschaden, das Blechbläserensemble der Münchner Philharmoniker, anlässlich des Faschingskonzerts im Mozartsaal des Mannheimer Rosengartens.

Eine Hommage an den einflussreichsten Geiger des 20. Jahrhunderts gab Charlie Siem in München mit einem vielseitigen und abwechslungsreichen Miniaturen-Programm.

Le Festival de Menton met en lumière les plus célèbres airs de Broadway magnifiés par l’interprétation de Natalie Dessay et de ses invités surprise.

Zurich's Tonhalle Orchestra and Paavo Järvi celebrate music by American composers Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin, along with a work by Paul Hindemith.

From the streets of New York to America’s southern states, Daniele Rustioni with the Ulster Orchestra present an all American evening, with some fine playing. 

A varied programme of orchestral showpieces in Liverpool, featuring star soloist Julian Bliss playing Copland's Clarinet Concerto.

La direction de Manfred Honeck magnifie un Orchestre de Paris à se damner. Le piano d'Igor Levit manque un peu d'insolence virtuose et de swing dans Gershwin.

Korngold's concerto is at the heart of The Hallé's concert of American urban music which also features Gershwin, Higdon and Bernstein.

Conductor Ludovic Morlot deserves high praise for managing this flow of delightful music and keeping it in sync with the screenplay.

The Hallé and conductor Stephen Bell usher in 2022 with a joyful Viennese concert of music by the Strauss family and other composers. 

Karina Canellakis makes her first appearance at the Royal Festival Hall as the LPO’s Principal Guest Conductor, giving a punchy account of Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony that takes in the sweep of its mighty architecture.

Le jeune virtuose ne convainc pas dans un récital trop artificiel, malgré une nette amélioration à partir de la Sonate de Liszt.

James Robinson’s production allows the large cast of Catfish Row to interact like the old pals – almost family – that they are.

A concert of Americana characterised by great tunes and infectious rhythms, but lacking emotional involvement and only partially realised communication by soloist Valeriy Sokolov.        

The season's first subscription concert celebrated the broad diversity of American music, focusing on composers and artists often excluded from concert halls in the past.

An extraordinary evening in the Großes Festspielhaus as the pianist draws his audience in for a marathon recital of Berg, Gershwin and Chopin. 

Le festival « Les Coups de Cœur à Chantilly » du pianiste Iddo Bar-Shaï célèbre les 80 ans de la célèbre pianiste, avec Evgeny Kissin et Maxim Vengerov en guest stars.

A round-robin of Philadelphia Orchestra soloists in the original jazz-band orchestration of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue provides an ideal partnership for pianist Aaron Diehl's elaborations on this iconic work. 

El trompetista venezolano Pacho Flores maravilló en su triple faceta de compositor, director e intérprete junto al conjunto de metales de la Filarmónica de Bogotá. 

Celebration and infectious joy in Bennett and Gershwin, with silky textures and delicate precision in Ravel from John Wilson and the LSO.

New York City Center’s annual Fall for Dance festival heads online in a pair of programs, one much stronger than the other. 

From Mozart and faux Pugnani to a Miklós Rózsa rarity, this was a brilliant showcase for the British-Polish violinist's artistry. 

Au Festival de Saint-Denis, Lucienne Renaudin-Vary, Shaun Escoffery, Troy Miller et l'ONDIF proposent un enthousiasmant programme d'arrangements spectaculaires d'airs de Gershwin, Weill et Bernstein.

The program paired works of two living female composers with a suite of selections from Porgy and Bess, featuring star soprano Angel Blue.

A slick and stylish celebration at the Coliseum of this great company's achievements over 70 years.

Cristian Măcelaru conducts The Hallé in music by Copland, Bernstein and Gershwin, plus his own arrangement of Jake Heggie's Moby Dick.

De Bizet à Ravel en passant par Gershwin, l'orchestre strasbourgeois a encore une fois mis en évidence ses qualités sous la direction de Marko Letonja, malgré un Francesco Tristano un peu léger.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra give the UK premiere of one of André Previn's final works, while Joshua Weilerstein’s Rite of Spring brings a devastating blow in a programme of unique musical voices.

The Met’s new production is directed by James Robinson, who has the characters interacting and listening to one another as if in real life – the inhabitants of Catfish Row have known each other for all of their lives and love, pray and grieve like family.

Dutch National Ballet continues its series honouring the great choreographer. 

An evening in which the piano – in some cases two, in others three – took centre-stage with members of the Osokins family.

Philip Cobb’s bluesy inflections turned the dear old Barbican Hall into the coolest nightspot in the capital; they might as well have lowered the lights and served cocktails.

Daredevil piano playing and luscious Stravinsky at the 47th Istanbul Music Festival.

À la Halle au Blé d'Altkirch, la pianiste Célia Oneto Bensaid commence une prometteuse tournée alsacienne, avec de belles transcriptions originales servies par un jeu d'une grande netteté.

Músicas de Bernstein, Gershwin, Márquez y Revueltas para un mosaico entre Nueva York y México con música y músicos de cine, atmósferas míticas y un clima de fiesta que inundó el Auditorio Nacional.

Pure jouissance from that musical multitasker extraordinaire Barbara Hannigan in an evening of contrasting delights with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Works by Still and Ellington make their welcome appearance at Disney Hall, but the presentation left a bit to be desired. 

In a highly versatile recital, soprano Renée Fleming was at her best in unaffected songs and operetta.

Grieg's Piano Concerto played by Tom Poster and the Hallé under Stpehen Bell was the highlight of a popular programme of Nordic favourites by Grieg and Sibelius

Almost twenty years after her first Vivaldi album, Cecilia Bartoli revisits the composer in her latest recording and touring project. 

La riqueza y variedad de ideas musicales que pueblan la Sinfonia espansiva de Nielsen encajó como anillo al dedo en la dirección intensa y dramática de Litton.

Each of the works are particularly radiant in themselves, but made even more so as they were presented here.