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With the help of excellent singing and acting performances from a cast led by Asmik Grigorian and Joshua Guerrero, Puccini’s tale of abandonment hits home.

Maria Ioudenitch joins the Symphony for Samuel Barber's popular Violin Concerto. 

A muted Bartók violin concerto is offset by a scintillating Petrushka at the Barbican.

Richard Jones' production is revived again at Covent Garden, where Juan Diego Flórez and Ailyn Pérez lead a convincing cast. 

With warhorses like Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto and Beethoven's “Pastoral” Symphony, the onus is on the conductor to deliver and Edusei does not quite hit all the right notes in this spirited, but flawed concert.

A rare outing for Lili Boulanger's D'un matin de printemps lay at the dewy centre of this spring–summer seasonal programme.  

Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Royal Festival Hall with a programme that explores the legacy of black composers, as well as marking Beethoven's 250th anniversary. 

A witty, insightful production at the Coliseum fizzes with comedy and pathos. 

Kevin John Edusei steps in to conduct the first concert in the series, and does a great job.

An late evening of shorter works from the Chineke! Orchestra provided a varied and exciting programme from baroque works to a world première.

Nearly 30 years after its European première, Nixon in China returns to Amsterdam for an engrossing concert performance in which the Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, led by Kevin John Edusei, shines.