Performer: Naoko Yoshino

Italian conductor Gaetano d’Espinosa is currently doing the rounds of Japanese orchestras, standing in for many of his colleagues who are unable to enter due to border closures.

L’Auditorium de Lyon accueille l’excellent Orchestre national d’Auvergne et son fougueux chef Roberto Forés Veses pour un programme qui donne envie de voyager et de danser sous le soleil de l’Espagne.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra's opening concert of Hosikawa's Harp Concerto and Mahler's Fourth was a study of man and nature. It also offered a welcome chance to hear mezzo Karen Cargill singing to her home crowd.