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Something old, something new, lots of things borrowed – Craig Ogden’s Sheffield recital has something for everyone. 

With a potential strike looming, Yo-Yo Ma joins Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin for a surprisingly tame performance of Shostakovich's psychologically dense Cello Concerto no. 1.

Criss-crossing and climbed the narrow streets of Balat, the “Music Route” takes in some of the city's hidden gems for intimate chamber recitals. 

Juanjo Mena conducts a programme entirely dedicated to Spanish music, including zarzuelas and popular scores by Manuel de Falla.

Yuja Wang showed once again that she has way more to offer than fireworks, with delicacy, dynamic control and sensitive expression too in her wide ranging programme.

With selections from Schumann, Ravel and Albéniz, the English pianist offers a virtuosic program notable for its style, wit and narrative focus.

The Martha Argerich Festival minus Martha Argerich on this occasion, but ending with a Russian pièce de résistance.  

The Cliburn-winning pianist enthralls the Wigmore Hall audience with full-blooded Stravinsky and a distinctive, rounded approach to Bach.

In the climax of the season at Bridgewater Hall, the BBC Philharmonic bid a fond farewell to Juanjo Mena in an evening that blew off your sombrero. 

Hakhnazaryan’s programme was rich with meaty music.

Freire convinces in Bach, but soft attack and heavy pedal use make for flat renditions of romantic works.

The Katona twins guitar duo conjured up the many moods of Spain and South America in a lunchtime recital of music by Falla, Albéniz, Granados and Piazzolla.

Angela Hewitt: formidable de Falla and sensual Albéniz made up for overwrought Scarlatti at the Royal Northern College of Music.   

Kissin's always stellar recital highlighted by a selection of works from Spain.

Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard paints Carnegie Hall in the high colors of Spanish folk music, accompanied by classical guitar player, Sharon Isbin.

I’m not sure where Sinbad was sailing to in the St Petersburg Philharmonic’s Prom last night, but he sure wanted to get there in a hurry. A frenetic – and thrilling – performance of Scheherazade displayed great impetuosity. 

If we consider Domenico Scarlatti an honorary Spaniard, since half of his life was spent there, then this was an entirely Spanish programme. 

From Liszt and Albeniz to Florent Schmitt and Paul Bowles, the Invencia Piano Duo delights with an eclectic and rewarding program of music familiar and rare.

Angela Hewitt's Spanish Lanscapes offered perfect summer fare delivered with flawless execution.

A fascinating recital from Hélène Grimaud at the Barbican balanced a first half sequence exploring works with an aquatic theme against some monumental Brahms. 

Helene Grimaud's recital inside Disney Hall mucially captures and captivates nature's terrene elements with a balance of aqueous colouring and deeply grounded terra firma.

Artist Douglas Gordon and pianist Hélène Grimaud literally flooded the Park Avenue Armory with tears become… streams become… 

Craig Ogden’s easy manner immediately puts an audience at ease. With his comfortable assuredness and witty repartee, Ogden is able to facilitate an unusual sense of intimacy in such a large auditorium as St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. Indeed, seeing Ogden in concert is like being transported to an old friend’s living room, where you sit and chat, watching them play guitar – extremely well.

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra knew the difficulties they would face. Accordingly, they kept the proportions of this programme modest out of pragmatism rather than an expectation for encores, as richly deserved as they would have been.

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