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Hans Graf conducts Debussy's Images to close a gala concert featuring the Singapore debut of the great Russian pianist. 

Playing works inspired by folk tunes from Romania, Hungary, France, Spain and England, Rattle pulled off a convincing performance, with Kavakos producing a strong Brahms concerto.

Sennu Laine brought out a richness and suspense in Dutilleux's Tout un monde lointain, I had not heard before tonight. With all three sets from Debussy’s Images pour orchestre and an ebullient Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, Barenboim and his Staatskapelle intoxicated the audience.

Vladimir Jurowski led the London Philharmonic Orchestra on a musical trip around Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Vladimir Jurowski built on the Cleveland Orchestra’s existing mastery of Debussy, along with a virtuosic performance by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet of Ravel’s G major piano concerto, and a recent work by Marc-André Dalbavie.

In an impressive display of orchestral playing he Oslo Philharmonic and conductor Fabien Gabel gave wonderfully colourful performances of works by Hellstenius, Ravel and Debussy.

Stephen Hough lays bare the myth that Saint-Saëns was a conservative in an electrifying performance of the “Egyptian” piano concerto with the RPO.

Even though I’ve been to quite a lot of concerts these past few years, I still can’t put my finger on why some concerts attract many attendees and especially why some are so sparsely visited.

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra are at once to be commended for colourful programming, and this evening’s concert was an excellent example of their facility in imagination. Tonight the audience dreamed with Debussy, swung with Gershwin, were lulled and bathed in the Spanish sunshine by Granados and, finally, blown from their seats and into the streets with Mussorgsky.

"A composer's music should express the country of his birth.." (Rachmaninov)Had Debussy adhered to his programme partner’s dictum, he might have struggled to write Images (1905-1912).

Après un Concerto pour violon de Brahms décevant en compagnie de Julia Fischer, l'orchestre et son chef ont rayonné dans les Images de Debussy, et intéressé dans la rare Deuxième Symphonie d'Elsa Barraine.

À la tête de l'Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, le jeune chef scandinave a livré une interprétation personnelle et intense d’œuvres phares du répertoire français, aidé par le violoncelliste István Várdai.

Un sans-faute pour le LSO et son chef Simon Rattle, en visite à Paris pour nous conter l’Espagne, la Roumanie et l’Allemagne. À leurs côtés, Leonidas Kavakos réalise une prestation inspirée.

Der österreichische Klarinettist Wenzel Fuchs besticht bei Mozarts Klarinettenkonzert mit seinem samtweichen Ton.

Nicht nur draußen war es turbulent: Die Staatskapelle und Maurizio Pollini entfesselten unter Daniel Barenboim mit ihrer überzeugenden Darbietung auch in der Berliner Philharmonie klangliche Stürme. 

Présenté comme un programme France/Russie, l’affiche déborde largement de ce seul cadre par les évocations exotiques de Gabriel Pierné et de Claude Debussy, accolées au Concerto pour violon no. 2 de Dimitri Chostakovitch.