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Das neuerliche Liszt-Projekt mit Joseph Moog vertraut und doch auch unter Jakob Lehmann natürlich individuell fortsetzend, feierte das Orchester eine optimale Fauré-Partnerschaft mit Vox Luminis.

Die Brüsseler Philharmoniker und ihr Chefdirigent Michel Tabachnik brachten mit Pianist Enrico Pace einen Abend voller Glanzmomente in Salzburgs Festspielhaus. 

Sous la direction du chef des Siècles, l'Orchestre National de France produit une interprétation inégale de deux chefs-d'œuvre du compositeur (Atmosphères et Lontano), convaincant davantage dans Le Mandarin merveilleux de Bartók.

En la segunda velada en Madrid, la LSO estrenó una brillante obra de Kendall y contó con la presencia incontestable de Alice Sara Ott.

A world premiere from Hannah Kendall, a rarely performed work by Liszt and one of Strauss' glittering tone poems make up Pappano's first concert as the LSO's Chief Conductor Designate.

Two of Hungary's favourite composers star in an evening of Hungarian music and dance.

The Faust Symphony formed the bloated climax of a demonic date with the Grim Reaper, who loomed large over Sir Antonio Pappano's “Total Liszt” programme with the LSO.

Sometimes the creations of humans, no matter how artistic, can’t compete with the drama of nature. Such was the case this past Saturday evening at Blossom Music Center, the summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra (about a 45-minute drive south of Cleveland) in their first weekend of concerts for the season.

The programme for last night's London Philharmonic concert at the Royal Festival Hall was wall-to-wall Late Romantic, with the first half consisting of three very different works linked by the theme of death. We opened with Rachmaninov's symphonic poem The Isle of the Dead, inspired by a painting by the Swiss artist Arnold Böcklin.