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In a programme very much rooted in the spirit dance, Britten’s Violin Concerto shines through in Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall. 

 After a delightful opener by Suk, Simone Lamsma wows in stunning Sibelius with the RLPO before Rachmaninov's ill-fated, dramatic First Symphony completes the programme.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Chief Conductor brings a Technicolour experience to an evening of Bizet, Brahms, Debussy and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Jessie Montgomery's 2016 Records from a Vanishing City enthralls, Barber’s Violin Concerto is exquisite; Schumann's Rhenish disappoints.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is reunited with its former Chief Conductor for an all-Russian evening in Cheltenham Town Hall as the festival opens its 77th season.

Simone Lamsma brings freshness and personality to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, while Gianandrea Noseda underlines his credentials in Slavic music by assaying the symphony described thus by Koussevitzky: “It is yesterday, it is today, it is tomorrow”.

A dark trio of works focused around Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto made for a compelling concert in Washington DC.

John Storgårds and the London Philharmonic Orchestra couple Julian Anderson’s evocative Van Gogh Blue with an exhilarating Beethoven’s Seventh, while Simone Lamsma is dynamic and expansive in Nielsen.

At the helm of a highly responsive Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Robert Trevino led commanding performances of two Russian symphonies and a forthright account of Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto.

Korngold's Violin Concerto from Simone Lamsma is delivered with extraordinary deftness and depth, while Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances thrill under Yan Pascal Tortelier and the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Lamsma is not a household name here in America but her deep sense of commitment may well make her one.

Simone Lamsma gave an intense, exciting and witty performance of Bartók's love song with the Belgrade Philharmonic and Daniel Raiskin, plus Beethoven, Weber and Strauss.

Mixed performances from Poole but with an unforgettable Symphonie fantastique that was both illuminating and electrifying.

Dutch violinist Simone Lamsa stole the show with a revelatory account of Shostakovich’s Violin concerto no. 1 while Tung-Cheih Chuang delivered a cracking Firebird Suite. 

Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma brings fiery intensity and technique in an otherwise lukewarm programme of Wagner, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich

Gripping Sibelius and Britten open a further exploration of the mighty Finn with a compelling performance from violinist Simone Lamsma.

The Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest gave a fine performance of little known works by Schoenberg and Korngold at the Concertgebouw, alongside Mahler’s First Symphony.

Markus Stenz conducts the Hallé in Mahler's First Symphony, with Simone Lamsma playing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.

Simone Lamsma returned to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra to perform Dvořák's Violin Concerto, a highly lyrical and rich work. Also in the programme was Sibelius's triumphant and dramatic Fifth Symphony.

The impression left by the closing moments of the Mahler and the silence that followed will remain in the memory of this reviewer for some time to come.

Substituting on short notice, Simone Lamsma made a very strong impression in Benjamiin Britten's austere Violin Concerto.

On the day after the announcement of the programme for this year’s BBC Proms, the BBC Symphony Orchestra gave us yet another concert worthy of that great festival. Under the experienced baton of Martyn Brabbins they took three centuries of music in their stride and at the end of the concert I was left feeling that musical life in London would be so much less exciting without the BBC.

Une soirée riche en couleurs et en textures, même si la Première Symphonie de Mahler a parfois souffert d'un excès de décibels, après un Concerto d'Adams engagé mais pas tout à fait convaincant.

À la Cité de la Musique, Case Scaglione et son ONDIF exaltent les ardeurs des symphonies de Sibelius. L'impétueuse Simone Lamsma domine les pièges diaboliques du Concerto pour violon.

El concierto de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife titulado “ Bartók y el violín” presentó a la violinista holandesa Simone Lamsma y al director británico Alexander Shelley en un programa con obras de Stravinsky, Bartók y Ravel.