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Alpesh Chauhan conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a striking programme of 20th- and 21st-century works including the UK premiere of Anna Clyne's The Moment. 

The Hallé, conducted by Tianyi Lu, give a magnificent account of Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Alban Gerhardt and Brahms' Third Symphony. 

At last, Bruckner conducting is no longer a specialism confined to a few Austro-German artists devoted to overcoming resistance to the composer’s greatness.

Alban Gerhardt and Steven Osborne offered a vivid and memorable reprise of Ben and Slava's iconic recital of 1961. 

Daniele Rustioni conducts a programme of orchestral favourites and a concerto rarity featuring cellist Alban Gerhardt.

Anna Clyne's superb cello concerto is given a beautiful performance by Alban Gerhardt and the BBC Philharmonic under Ben Gernon.

Alban Gerhard plays a melodious, but little known Cello Concerto by Anton Rubinstein. 

Embraced by Daniel Harding, Ian Bostridge, Christian Tetzlaff, Alban Gerhardt and Paul Lewis, the Parisian ensemble gives an exceptional concert, faithful to Lars Vogt’s way of making music.

Edward Gardner and the LPO offer controlled expression in Britten and reassuring tranquility in Vaughan Williams.

Britten's Cello Symphony and a no-holds-barred account of Shostakovich’s mighty Tenth Symphony at Snape Maltings

A globally-connected journey of exoticism: Yu Long delivers with Scheherazade.

The Rococo Variations show Pyotr Ilyich at his most beguiling and Gerhardt’s cello made the Andante sostenuto variation sing from every bar.

Sakari Oramo conducts the European première of a fine new work alongside familiar Grieg and Sibelius.

The BBC Philharmonic open their season in Manchester with some exciting new ideas

A generous programme by Alban Gerhardt and Víkingur Ólafsson saw a tale of two halves, with the classical poise of the first half and the more extrovert showpieces of the second. 

Alban Gerhardt in Martinů’s Cello Concerto no. 1 was a dazzling achievement in the Belgrade Philharmonic’s concert under Uroš Lajovic, along with atmospheric Sibelius and polished Tchaikovsky.

Rafael Payare, in his first appearance with the RPO, has musical encounters with Don Juan and Don Quixote, and a Mozart symphony provides a suitable contrast.

Stutzmann continues to impress with her excellent insight and musicianship with a satisfying Lalo overture and a masterful Beethoven Fifth Symphony. Cellist Alban Gerhardt delivers a rewarding Elgar concerto. 

Marking his debut with the NDR Elbphilharmonieorchester, Andrew Manze nails his colours to the mast with Purcell and Vaughan Williams as well as accompanying Alban Gerhardt in Walton.

James Ehnes, Steven Osborne and Alban Gerhardt captured the lamentations of Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio before they were joined by clarinettist Jean Johnson for Messiaen's quartet at St John’s Smith Square.

Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen’s Proms debut was just one highlight in a rewarding programme of Nordic and German music.

A disappointing extract from Smetana's Má vlast was redeemed by a refreshingly clear performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto and a characterful account of Holst's The Planets.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic's concert this weekend featured two long works by composers who were contemporaries and who struck up a friendship late in their career.

Charles Dutoit and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra are the stars in a demanding programme of Dvořák and Bartók.

Music Director Jahja Ling waited until more than a decade of his tenure with San Diego Symphony had passed before programming Mahler’s Symphony no. 7, the first in the orchestra's 103-year history.

Alban Gerhardt's and Steven Osborne's wonderful solo and duo skills unfold across a gritty programme.

A stellar quartet deliver Messiaen's time-stopping depiction of the eternal in Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirk.

While this concert’s marketing was focused on Mozart’s Requiem, it was Haydn in the first half that made the greater impact, in the form of an ecstatically virtuosic performance of his Cello Concerto no. 1 with soloist Alban Gerhardt. Passagework was everywhere immaculately tuned and played with perfect dexterity, Gerhardt’s fingers dancing up and down the instrument with tremendous velocity.

Alban Gerhardt wurde bei Schostakowitschs Zweitem Cellokonzert vom WDR Sinfonieorchester unter Jukka-Pekka Saraste feinsinnig begleitet.

L’Orchestre de la prestigieuse Fondation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne a offert une prestation inégale face à des répertoires très différents. Scolaire et peu en phase avec la musique de Dutilleux, il s’est montré au contraire très engagé et remarquablement bien préparé par le chef Giancarlo Guerrero dans une 5ème Symphonie de Chostakovitch tour à tour furieuse, mélancolique et rayonnante.

La dirección de Andrey Boreyko y la sensibilidad de Alban Gerhardt hicieron con el programa que presentaba la Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa lo que los complementos hacen con el estilo que un sastre imprime a sus creaciones.