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Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha is the pick of the soloists in a weighty reading of Mendelssohn's Lobgesang under Kazuki Yamada. But can Schubert's Fifth withstand the same approach? 

Vasily Petrenko juxtaposes two very different fifth symphonies, from two different generations of Viennese composers on his return to Liverpool.

Bach’s First Orchestral Suite and Schubert’s Fifth Symphony were perfect vehicles for the Seattle Symphony’s transformation into a vivid Baroque/Classical ensemble under McGegan’s dynamic leadership.

Hans Graf conducts Paul von Klenau's Eighth Symphony, while Bomsori Kim becomes the first overseas soloist to perform with the SSO in over a year.

Rebecca Tong made her debut with the RLPO in a delightful programme of Sibelius, Beethoven and Schubert in the Philharmonic Hall.

Philippe Herreweghe reveals a crisp and precise Philharmonia in Schubert’s Fifth Symphony as Thomas Zehetmair provides reflection and breadth in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.

So full of youthful vigor was this concert that it was hard to believe that Haitink is now 90 years old.

The Vancouver Symphony performs with penetrating insight from Itzhak Perlman.

An imperious Barry Douglas provided a magisterial Emperor Concerto in an otherwise disappointing concert from the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

A Mostly Mozart concert conducted by Edward Gardner and featuring Jeremy Denk was an excellent example of what this festival is trying to achieve.

Barenboim and the Staatskapelle offer the easy-going atmosphere large-scale Schubertiad in the composer's middle symphonies at the Boulezsaal.

Crisp Bartók, eloquent Schubert and a poignant tribute to Zoltán Kocsis in the Budapest Festival Orchestra's latest concert. 

A dazzling soloist from the orchestra’s ranks and a charming Schubert symphony with conductor Nicholas McGegan

Kazushi Ono's take on Schubert, Mozart and Strauss with the CBSO is one of lean elegance that doesn't fail to enthuse the aucience in Birmingham's Symphony Hall.

Bernard Haitink and the London Symphony Orchestra explore musical perspectives on youthfulness and memory with a programme of Schubert's Fifth and the songs of innocence and experience woven into Mahler's Fourth.

Wednesday night’s concert saw the London Symphony Orchestra with principal guest conductor Daniel Harding in what seemed a slightly odd programme, pairing Schubert’s Fifth with Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde.

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.