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Dima Slobodeniouk’s Pittsburgh program is centered around ocean-inspired music of Debussy, Sibelius, and Icelandic composer María Sigfúsdóttir.

A dynamic and forceful performance of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto no. 2 is the highlight in a concert that also features an elegant little Sibelius opening and two of Strauss' tone poems.

A superb evening of vivid and involving performances of Mozart, Vasks and Shostakovich, showcasing the very best of this South Coast orchestra.

Stepping in for Daniil Trifonov, the Ukrainian-born Israeli parries and thrusts in Korngold's Violin Concerto, the highlight of Gustavo Gimeno's Proms debut. 

An unusually fresh reading of the Pastoral Symphony complemented a world premiere by Singaporean composer Zechariah Go and an exuberant performance of Shostakovich's Second Violin Concerto.

Balance and transparency may have been in short supply elsewhere Friday afternoon, but not in Symphony Hall where Juanjo Mena led the Boston Symphony in a bracing program of works by Prokofiev, Weinberg and Tchaikovsky.The 26 year-old Prokofiev wrote the Symphony no.