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Thomas Søndergård, great and not so great, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in their first Hollywood Bowl concert of the summer. 

Championing British musicm the Ulster Orchestra also performs a seldom heard work by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. 

Andrew Manze conducts the RLPO in an arresting performance of Weinberg's Cello Concerto with Sheku Kanneh-Mason. 

Hilary Hahn plays one of her signature works and is announced as the 2024 recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize. 

Folk-derived pieces dominate this programme, with Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic traversing Coleridge-Taylor, Brahms and Bartók, and the latest Asian shooting star Bomsori assaying that concerto by Bruch.

The inaugural mcr:classical weekend comes to a rowdy finish with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring at The Bridgewater Hall.

Now in his 23rd year at the helm of the OM, Yannick Nézet-Séguin continues to astound Montrealers with his uncanny ability to inspire players to give their absolute best.

With warhorses like Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto and Beethoven's “Pastoral” Symphony, the onus is on the conductor to deliver and Edusei does not quite hit all the right notes in this spirited, but flawed concert.

Jakub Hrůša conducts the program, which also includes stirring performances of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s rarely heard orchestral Ballade and Dvořák’s Symphony no. 6.

The excellent program opened with Coleridge Taylor's Ballade and also included favorites by Haydn and Dvořák.

Music is the ultimate universal language, here reflected in the latest Chineke! programme offering playing of richness and vitality.