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Schuberts Große Symphonie in C-Dur wird zum Highlight dieses Romantisch geprägten Konzertes der Berliner Philharmoniker.

Die Staatskapelle Dresden präsentiert mit Christian Thielemann und dem meisterhaften Denis Matsuev Brahms, Weber und Liszt in Luzern.

Philippe Herreweghe conducts Marie-Elisabeth Hecker in Schumann’s Cello Concerto in this fine programme in the Concertgebouw Brugge. 

In its Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut, Bell's commission for an all-star lineup of composers boasts some virtuosic violin playing and a shared aesthetic, but not a throughline.

Fabio Luisi leads The Cleveland Orchestra in works of Brahms and Weber, along with a new concerto for piccolo by Oded Zehavi.

Leslie Suganandarajah brings an evening of classical elegance with the Ulster Orchestra, while Michael Collins shines in a rarely performed concerto.

Dame Sarah Connolly brings passion and depth to rare orchestral songs by Dora Pejačević and Alma Mahler. 

Short-lived early Romantics – Weber, Chopin and Schubert – are showcased in an enjoyable concert from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

A standard programme of overture, concerto and symphonic suite, but with mixed results: Kerem Hasan and the RPO bring out all the vibrancy in Rimsky-Korsakov whereas Fumiya Koido disappoints in Beethoven.

Événement à la Philharmonie de Paris : les Berliner Philharmoniker sont de retour dans la capitale pour non pas un, mais deux concerts avec leur directeur musical Kirill Petrenko. 

There was a knowing inevitability in the Berliners' athletic performance of Schubert's “Great” C major Symphony.

Rare lieu où des concerts publics ont encore lieu en Europe, Monte-Carlo accueillait Daniel Lozakovich et Cornelius Meister pour un programme romantique allemand de toute beauté.

Vienne s'invite à Lyon pour ce concert de lancement de saison de l'Orchestre national de Lyon, avec aux commandes le nouveau directeur musical, l'étincelant Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.

Grimaud brilló en el Andante con moto, donde asistimos a la gradual fragmentación de la célula inicial, siempre bien arropada por maderas y, especialmente, una maravillosa sección de violas. Por último, el Rondo vivace desprendió energía y confirmó la compenetración entre el discurso pianístico y la Philharmonia.

The RCO under its newly appointed chief conductor Daniele Gatti give a gripping programme of Romantic music. Soloist Gabetta impresses tremendously as well. 

Weber, Henze and Mendelssohn cast a fairy spell over Symphony Hall. 

Nelson Freire et l’Orquestra simfónica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya au centre du Cercle magique à l’Auditorium de Lyon.

Being a chamber orchestra doesn't stop Royal Northern Sinfonia and guest conductor-performer Christian Lindberg from tackling Wagner and Sibelius. 

A pleasant program of reliably joyful pieces, conducted by a true master.

Who has the power, the authority to fix the moment when a major public event can start? In broadcast events, such as the Proms, where all of the concerts are broadcast on Radio 3 and many are televised, the bigger, virtual audience puts the media in the driving seat. The radio or TV producer holds sway - up to the moment when the conductor steps out into the hall.

In recent years the German tenor Klaus Florian Vogt has gained fame for his lyrical portrayals of Wagnerian characters like Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Walther von Stolzing in Die Meisteresinger von Nürnberg.