Performer: Daan Vandewalle

Comprised of some 60 musicians from 16 countries, the Ostrava New Orchestra paint pictures of prisons and caves, gardens and machines, in works by students and 20th-century masters.

Spirits ran high and the music captivated record crowds at this year's Ostrava Days New and experimental Music Festival.

A Dog's Life – Frederic Rzewski's 2nd Piano Concerto – is full of playful detail, but a little too long.