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In a concert taking in music of the Belle Époque and beyond, Dame Sarah Connolly joins the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Chausson’s Poème de l’amour de la mer.

A lunchtime concert with principal players from the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Dinis Sousa offers a delectable treat. 

Song cycles by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Ernest Chausson are paired at the Barbican.

Nézet-Séguin leads Philadelphians and Joyce DiDonato in superb performances of Wagner, Bates, Chausson and Respighi.

Mezzo-soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux made her Cleveland Orchestra debut in a passionate performance of Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer.

Released from the Covent Garden pit, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House enjoyed its moment on the stage, breathing in the sea breezes of Ravel and Chausson, strutting its stuff in Bernstein and basking in shimmering Scriabin.