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Sir James MacMillan's Second Violin Concerto receives a convincing reading from Nicola Benedetti, bookended by fine performances of celebratory Shostakovich from Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO.

Nelsons and the Boston Symphony  present an American premiere, Shostakovich’s Twelth, and dazzling Ravel with Dame Mitsuko Uchida

José Luis Gomez saves the day for the RSNO at Usher Hall. 

Thomas Søndergård conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Mosolov, Shostakovich and Beethoven with Igor Levit

Vassily Sinaisky returns to Birmingham, partnered by a Macedonian pianist.

There could hardly be a noisier way to commemorate the centenary of the Russian Revolution than a performance of Dmitri Shostakovich's mighty Twelfth Symphony.

A curious combination of Mozart’s “Great” Mass and Shostakovich’s Twelfth Symphony fill Worcester Cathedral with exuberance.

On the basis of its recent appearances, Chailly's varied musical diet is doing the Filarmonica a lot of good

Soviet Realism rubs shoulders with Romanticism and a new British work in Liverpool.

Who would have thought a program of water sprites and revolutions spanning 200 years could be so seamless? 

The final orchestral performance of this year’s Gergiev festival saw the city of Rotterdam play host to St. Peterburg’s Mariinsky Orchestra.

Once again, Gergiev drew the best from his musicians: fantastic woodwind solos, impressive brass calls, extreme nuances within the strings - and an extreme dynamic range.