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Strauss is a Proms favourite, but it was some songs from Canteloube, beautifully delivered by Louise Alder, that make the greatest impression at the LPO's Prom. 

Bonsoir belle bergère, pour soprano, orchestre à cordes et sons fixés, de Thierry Pécou en création mondiale à Clermont-Ferrand : le bel avenir inspiré du passé recomposé !

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

Nezet-Seguin and his Philadelphians convey the brilliance and sophistication of France's undisputed "golden age" of classical music with works by six Parisian composers.

Revisiting the music of her youth, Martina Janková keeps a vocal tradition alive and explores European expressions of national identity.

The superstar diva, Renee Fleming, offers an eclectic program of opera, Lieder and show-tunes in Sydney, and particularly impressed with exquisite vocal nuances in works by Ravel, Canteloube and Richard Strauss.

Composers have a long tradition of incorporating folk tunes into their music, and this evening’s concert by the National Youth Orchestra, with support from members of the folk group Bellowhead, really proved the point that musical genres are not separate boxes, but just points on a continuum, with no fixed boundaries.

In the run-up to the departure of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Musical Director Stéphane Denève this summer, it was fitting that an ‘Auld Alliance’ programme of French music was chosen for the orchestra’s spring visit to Perth Concert Hall, complete with French conductor Fabien Gabel.