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Leonard Slatkin brings a New World burnish and expertise to a high-energy outing with the Prague Symphony Orchestra.

The fire, fury and passion of Olga Kern's pianism makes for an utterly unforgettable Rachmaninov Third Piano Concerto in Dublin. 

Olga Kern, JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony deliver musical high-fives in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Emperor Concerto.  

After a humdrum reimagining of Paganini's 24th Caprice and an underwhelming Rachmaninov piano concerto, Slatkin triumphs with an august Copland 3.

First the beauty, then the words at a Renée Fleming Carnegie Hall Song Recital.

Three Russian warhorses given performances of remarkably varying quality by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.  

The contention that black and white are not colours felt doubtful upon seeing the customary RSNO white tie and black tails reversed; the truly colourful array of dresses offsetting white tuxedos allowed one to see, more easily than usual, the gender balance of the RSNO – which, in this Valentine’s concert, seemed about 50–50.