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Marc-André Hamelin opens his recital with the uncompromising demands of Ives’ Concord Sonata, followed by suites of Schumann and Ravel.

Collins gives a scintillating performance of Bach and a highly expressive account of Schubert, Schumann and Chopin.

Pianist Dejan Lazićpresented an imaginative programme of music in which two greats of German music – Haydn and Schumann – were juxtaposed with dances by Shostakovich and Lazić himself, revealing his strengths.

A traditional programme of overture, concerto and symphony delivered classically, with a soloist on radiant form.

Both a grand and intimate programme from Imogen Cooper, centred around the music of Robert Schumann. 

A series of three concerts over the course of one weekend, designed to reflect upon and champion the work of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, which has supported a significant number of worthy performers in its first ten years, was always going to present an interesting range of repertoire – if not something of a conundrum for those planning the programming of the concerts.

As part of this year’s International Piano Series at the Southbank Centre, Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida gave a highly absorbing and exquisitely presented performance of works by Bach, Schoenberg and Schumann.

Harry Christophers brought his Sixteen to Manchester for a night of deeply romantic choral music at The Bridgewater Hall. Brahms’ Deutsches Requiem was a foreseeable success, but the seldom-heard Vocal Quartets, settings of Sternau, Schiller, Daumer and Goethe, were a delightful addition to the programme.The first set of Brahms quartets, Op.