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In Estonia's summer capital of Pärnu, holiday spirits and family pride abound in the EFO's first concert of Paavo Järvi's festival. 

John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Carl Nielsen's First and Fourth (Inextinguishable) Symphonies with Roderick Williams singing Mahler's Wunderhorn songs in Manchester.

Mitsuko Uchida's dress presented a challenge for the colour-blind eye, but she left no unanswered chromatic questions for the ear. From a dramatically exposed initial entry, through the poignant lyricism of the second movement, to the brilliance of the finale, Uchida's playing was marked by an intensity of thought, mastery of colour, and musical commitment.