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Ein technisch perfektes Tonhalle-Orchester unter Lionel Bringuier fesselt mit Honegger und einem umwerfenden Klavierkonzert Brittens.

In the 50th anniversary year of Shostakovich's death, you'll be hard pushed to hear a more thrilling rendition of the Tenth Symphony. 

A rare outing for Britten's Piano Concerto in the opening concert of the Britten Weekend in Suffolk.

The final song seemed to last both an eternity and no time at all.

An unusual programme at the Musikverein, drawing together works by Mendelssohn, Brahms and a piano concerto by Britten. 

Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic presented a rarely performed but colourful gem from Ginastera, an effervescent Britten Piano Concerto with Steven Osborne and a rather brisk Schubert symphony.

Ilan Volkov, a regular guest conductor with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, is a passionate advocate form contemporary and modern music. His programmes with his current orchestra, the Iceland Symphony, and his previous one, the BBC Scottish Symphony, often consist entirely of such works.

Britain is a country not often historically associated with great composers, repertoire or music: apart from the occasional early music programme peppered with Purcell or production of Peter Grimes, there is a great tendency to overlook British classical music, both past and present, in favour of its Germanic and Slavic cousins.