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Another British music extravaganza from Sir Antonio Pappano and LSO proves to be a hit for an enthusiastic full house at the Barbican. 

Laura van der Heijden offered a deeply felt account of Walton's Cello Concerto, followed by a rare UK performance of Copland's Symphony no. 3.

Vladimir Jurowski bids farewell to the London Philharmonic Orchestra with a typically eclectic programme combining Stravinsky, Walton, Bach and Hindemith. 

After Helen Grimes makes her Symphony Hall debut, Johannes Moser is the soloist in William Walton's Cello Concerto, before Maurice Duruflé's Requiem comes as welcome consolation. 

The BBC Philharmonic open their season in Manchester with some exciting new ideas

La temporada de la Sinfónica de Galicia volvía a dirigir su mirada hacia la música compuesta en los últimos cien años. Dima Slobodeniouk elaboró un atractivo programa conformado por tres obras relativamente infrecuentes y pertenecientes a mundos sonoros muy dispares, pero en los tres casos con un sello propio e inconfundible que tanto el director como los músicos realzaron brillantemente.

Marking his debut with the NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester, Andrew Manze nails his colours to the mast with Purcell and Vaughan Williams as well as accompanying Alban Gerhardt in Walton.

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra produced a varied programme at their Lighthouse concert, but with mixed results: illuminating Walton, but uneven Sibelius.

As part of the Festival Hall’s Sunday matinee series, John Wilson programmed three inspirational works by Bax, Walton and Vaughan Williams. 

Throughout the preliminary rounds of BBC Young Musician 2012, the judges have stressed that the emphasis is on musicianship, on looking for that extra spark that makes every performance really special, but also on the importance of enjoying music.