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Reflektierend und voller Hoffnung: Paradisi Gloria in polnischer und baltischer Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts begeisterte in der Münchner Herz-Jesu-Kirche durch einfühlsam meditative Grundstimmung.

Geleitet von barockem Leipziger Vesperdienst, Kollegialität und eigener exquisiten Art des Singens, arrangierte sich die NBV als Engel und Hirten unter dem Licht Gottes – und Tilburgs Konzertsaal.

Bei der AMUZ-Saisoneröffung stellte Bruce Dickey zum zweiten Mal, jetzt mit Ensemble und Chor unter Leitung Peter Van Heyghens, würdevoll eine Nepomuk-Messe und andere Archivschätze vor.

Mit einem bunten Programmmix versprühte das Ensemble Philharmonix in der Grazer List-Halle viel Euphorie und Liebe zur Musik. 

Ein Konzerttraum mit glorioser Streichermusik aus dem 17. Jahrhundert, dessen einzige Schmerzlichkeit es war, dass er enden musste.

Trotz Makel führte die Beethovennacht in eine leuchtende Hoffnung, die den guten Willen anerkennt, Neugehörtes und den herausragenden Solisten Tobias Koch würdigt.

Der Offenbach-Gesellschaft, Thomas Höft und den Kollegen um Adrian Schvarzstein sowie den Musikern gelingt eine grandiose neuzeitliche Premiere im Geist Offenbachs.

Trotz ungeheurer Energie in manchen Werken, gab es viele Ungereimtheiten in einem gut gemeinten Programm.

Der helle durchdringende Trompetenklang des Solisten Anders Nyqvist bildete den roten Faden durch oft drohende Ensemblebegleitung.

Einen weiten Bogen spannten Amarcord Wien und Iris Vermillion bei der Styriarte; von Schönbergs Brettl-Liedern über Weills Opern bis hin zu Stolz‘schen Operettenmelodien.

Adam de la Halle’s Le Jeu de Robin et Marion, one of the earliest extant music dramas, is given riotous performance by Ensemble Micrologus.

In Antwerp, the Huelgas Ensemble pull off an idiosyncratic and persuasive dive into Léonin, Pérotin and the world of Notre Dame polyphony.

La propuesta Guerra y paz de Alexander Boldachev con obras y transcripciones para arpa además de poesías resultó conmovedora e intensa.

Parsons Dance are really worth watching in an engaging mixed bill at The Joyce Theater.

At the New York City Center, where founder Arthur Mitchell became a star, Dance Theatre of Harlem delivered a diverse program of works by Balanchine, Forsythe, Garland and Jodie Gates.

Martha Graham Dance Company impresses in its third program at The Joyce Theater, especially in Errand into the Maze.

La Simfónica del Vallès celebra el periodo festivo con una propuesta musical salpicada de momentos humorísticos.

As we reached the end of season gala, Ballett am Rhein offered up a selection of highlights from the past four seasons in celebration of outgoing Artistic Director, Demis Volpi.

A refreshingly unfamiliar programme, Brno National Theatre Ballet's junior company Ballet NdB2, perform a balanced triple bill showing off future talents.

El Orfeó Català brilló especialmente en la Messa da Requiem de Verdi en el concierto que cerró la temporada de L'Auditori.

The Australian Ballet's return to London's Royal Opera House after a 35 year absence, proves successful at every level.

Cathy Marston’s My Brilliant Career premieres in Brisbane within a diverse triple bill that shows off Queensland Ballet's versatility.

El programa resultó sumamente interesante tanto por lo que a lo musical se refiere como a la labor de investigación que hay detrás y por su valor de testimonio histórico.

Raucous banter, musical virtuosity and a plethora of folk styles in the Alehouse Sessions follow Barokksolistene's intriguing take on Schubert's great song cycle.

Thomas Hampson and Wolfram Rieger perform a selection of Lieder by Schubert and others during Schubert Week in Berlin.

The Sixteen contribute intimate Music for Reflection to Voces8's Live from London series.

Thapelo Masita mad his own statement from Bach's music, interspersing it with more recent works.

The Sixteen's 40th anniversary choral pilgrimage mixes Tudor music from the treasure trove of the Eton Choirbook with music that hadn't been written when the group were founded, including a striking new work by James MacMillan.

A celebration of operatic death(s) in Philadelphia.

The pictures win out as Bill Henson's powerful, complex and mysterious images take on the ACO's music, ranging from REM to Pēteris Vasks.

The idea of reframing a warhorse of the classical repertory isn't a bad one. Theatre and opera goers have their modern-dress versions of Shakespeare and Mozart. Why not try it with Vivaldi?

Exhilarating Adams and insightful The Planets from the BSO and Karabits, with a Proms debut from Nemanja Radulović in Barber with great presence and warmth.

El repertorio, particular y novedoso, inició aludiendo musicalmente a la muerte y poco a poco condujo al público a momentos mágicos que permitieron recordar que la vida es un instante frágil y fantástico.

Gimmicks galore in this genre-hopping spectacle from the BBC Singers and world music fusion band Kabantu.

Elim Chan lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic through a high-powered program of Chinese and French music that began and ended with virtuoso showpieces written less than 30 years apart.

Chinese composer/conductor Tan Dun presented colourful works both he and another compatriot had composed together with pieces by Stravinsky.

A Christmas concert from some fine choirs warmed the hearts of their Montréal audience.

As City Ballet grapples with lawsuits and lurid accusations, and the loss of an unprecendented number of male principals, new works by Kyle Abraham, Gianna Reisen, and Matthew Neenan stoke inspired performances from the dancers. 

In an all-Bernstein programme, Nicola Benedetti enthralls in Symposium, the Baltimore Symphony’s percussionists strut their stuff in the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, and Marin Alsop introduces us to rarities. A true birthday treat.

Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in an attractive account of Strauss' mighty Alpine Symphony.

The complexities of Istanbul's rich culture and history, explored in a heady mixture of music from Bach to Afganistan, played by the Melodies of Istanbul Orchestra, directed by Hakan Güngör. 

Asian themes were felt in some of the works selected for the final of this composition award.

L’Opéra de Paris rassemble quatre chorégraphes contemporains dans une soirée qui met un coup de projecteur sur la création contemporaine. Déjà plébiscité en 2016, le remarquable ballet de Crystal Pite est le point d’orgue de cette soirée.

Hofesh Shechter est de retour sur la scène parisienne avec Show, nouveau spectacle destiné à sa compagnie junior Shechter II. Dansée sans aucune interruption pendant plus d’une heure, cette performance est une chorégraphie intense, au rythme proprement galvanisant.

Everywhere you look, there is kindness, consideration and generosity of spirit.

Donné en unique représentation française à la Comédie de Clermont-Scène nationale, The Conductor de McNeill apparaît comme une heureuse exception dans le périlleux exercice de théâtre musical.

Winner of Cardiff Singer of the World, Scottish mezzo Catriona Morrison charms the enthusiastic audience with her varied programme of romantic songs.