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Energetic commitment from the ACO at the Barbican, with precision and edge from Alexander Melnikov and Jeroen Berwaerts in an evening of darkness and light.

It is always good to hear the command of the viola that Lawrence Power demonstrates, but a one-dimensional approach to a Bruckner symphony short-changes the composer.

A concert with a considerable sense of occasion, as the orchestra bids the Finn farewell from his Philharmonia post. 

Rafael Payare and the Ulster Orchestra present a programme of music that looks both backwards and forwards from composers who were musical visionaries.

Pared-down forces of the ACO performed pared down masterpieces, in a brilliantly conceived programme which included works by Wagner, Strauss and Mozart.

When Robert DeMaine fell ill, LA Phil got creative by rotating the soloist duties in Zimmermann’s Cello Concerto. 

Emmanuel Pahud shows his fluting chops in a program accompanied by the popular and celebrated Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Despite some very creditable orchestral playing, conductor Joshua Weilerstein never quite got anywhere with his programme of Bach, Weill and Brahms.

A satisfying programme of familiar and unfamiliar works by the BBC Philarhomic under its Principal Guest Conductor. 

The Scottish Ensemble on lively form is joined by exciting Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero to explore the links and influences of Bach and Mozart on modern South American composers.  

Size mattered in this programme, whether in the form of piano originals filled out to orchestral proportions, or Romantic reach reined in by Classical sensibility. The evening’s opening gesture was down to one man, Ian White, whose muted trombone ushered in Webern’s orchestration of the Ricercar from Bach’s 1747 Musical Offering.

The energetic Holland Baroque Society presented a lively program juxtaposing works of Johann Joseph Fux and Johann Sebastian Bach this week. Evident from the start was the group’s overarching enthusiasm and passion for this particular repertoire. The atmosphere reflected the musicians onstage, full of youth and infused with a breath of new life.

Dans un programme remarquablement construit en forme d'hommages en série, le jeune pianiste a fait montre d'un toucher subtil et d'une belle maîtrise de langages riches et variés.

Dans un formidable récital intégralement consacré à Johann Sebastian Bach, le claveciniste est apparu tel qu'en lui-même, dégagé de l'ombre tutélaire de Gustav Leonhardt.

Retour sur le week-end de clôture du Festival Présences 2023, qui présentait de très belles créations d'Unsuk Chin mais aussi une œuvre monumentale de Yann Robin...

Curieux programme pour le Philhar' : de Rameau, Bach, Mendelssohn et Stravinsky, c'est ce dernier qu'on retiendra. Au violon, Vilde Frang déploie une énergie phénoménale, soutenue par un orchestre enthousiaste.

Trotz der bekannten Komponisten Bach, Berg und Bruckner, bringt Paavo Järvi ein unbekanntes Programm nach Berlin.

L'Orchestre de Chambre d'Europe et András Schiff se retrouvent à la Philharmonie autour de la Musique pour cordes, percussions et célesta de Bartók et du Concerto pour piano n°2 de Brahms. Un orchestre excellent, mais un pianiste qui semble avoir mal choisi son concerto.

Limpísimos agudos que cortaban el aire, pizzicati precisos y resonantes y un fraseo refinado, convirtieron la escucha de estas piezas en el equivalente a encapsular una sinfonía mahleriana en diez minutos de música.