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Excellent playing from The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and an interesting programme of less familiar works by familiar composers, made for an exhilarating musical experience.

Dvořák is diminished in the wake of Bartók’s experimental zeal and Strauss’ fearless convolutions.

Stravinsky's Firebird leads a survey of the musical avant-garde at the outset of the modern era by François-Xavier Roth and the Boston Symphony.

The world première of Arlene Sierra's Nature Symphony opened a splendid concert by the BBC Philharmonic under the baton of Ludovic Morlot.

The program also included Martinů’s undeservedly neglected Parables and restrained, lyrical Brahms.

Bringing his six-year ‘Mini journey’ to Budapest for a Bartok mini-cycle, Joolz Gale delivered a detailed vision of the First Piano Concerto and the Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. Yet, a blazing performance of Bartók’s concerto for orchestra stole the show.

Esa-Pekka Salonen and Yuja Wang at the Baltic Sea Festival.

Sir Mark Elder and his Hallé Orchestra continue to achieve extraordinary things in Manchester, earlier this week winning Gramophone awards for the third consecutive year and tonight giving further reason to celebrate with the opening concert in their 2011-12 Beethoven cycle.Beethoven’s Symphony No.

Prom 15 given by Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra was billed as a “Hungarian Prom” and featured music of Kodály, Bartók and Liszt.