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Alexander Soddy steps in for an ailing Esa-Pekka Salonen to conduct the Philharmonia in Wagner and Bruckner. 

This concert, with a running time of about two hours, was a lovely dip in the Rhine without the usual four-to-five hour Wagnerian full immersion.

Long climbs often provide the best views. The Adagio second movement of Anton Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony bears the tempo marking Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam… and it is very solemn and very slow indeed.

The latest concert by the Spanish National Orchestra was a fascinating opportunity to explore the contrast between Wagner and Stravinsky.

From introspective Mahler to flowing Schumann, Claudio Abbado is remembered at a concert with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Dresden's Frauenkirche.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra really has the perfect Wagner sound. Their full, vibrant string tone and magnificent pealing brass were fully in evidence in a thrilling rendition of the concert version of the overture from Tannhäuser. Few moments in music are as exciting as the build-up to the Big Tune in this piece, and the orchestra’s performance here was barnstorming yet perfectly accurate.

Dirigés par Daniel Harding, les Berliner Philharmoniker illuminent la nef du musée d'Orsay dans un florilège d'œuvres françaises et allemandes. Bryn Terfel les accompagne dans une Walkyrie céleste.

Bryn Terfel propose un récital maléfique et jubilatoire aux Chorégies d'Orange !

Le 11 mai 2016, Christoph Eschenbach revient diriger l'Orchestre de Paris comme chaque saison. Au programme : des airs de Wagner par Matthias Goerne, et une symphonie de Brahms. Un concert doublement intéressant, donnés par des musiciens inspirés et en pleine forme !

Isabella Steppan berichtet von einem Potpourri aus Gewesenem, Überraschungen und Abschieden unter der Leitung von gleich zwei Dirigenten bei der Gala anlässlich des Endes der Intendanz Elisabeth Sobotkas.