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Prieto conducted the young musicians in three compositions from the 1940s which showed the budding talent to which we have to look forward.

Zurich's Tonhalle Orchestra and Paavo Järvi celebrate music by American composers Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin, along with a work by Paul Hindemith.

A varied programme of orchestral showpieces in Liverpool, featuring star soloist Julian Bliss playing Copland's Clarinet Concerto.

There was a knowing inevitability in the Berliners' athletic performance of Schubert's “Great” C major Symphony.

On Friday evening, the first snow cast its veil over my hometown. Despite the frost, Olli Mustonen’s concert at the Turku Concert Hall got people on the move.

Lively performances Beethoven’s First and Second Symphonies demonstrating that composer’s compositional development, plus Hindemith’s colorful Symphonic Metamorphosis, made for an enjoyable evening at Severance Hall. 

It was a night that didn't augur well for those Hollywood Bowl patrons seeking the usual symphonic serenade under starlight. Los Angeles, on Thursday night, was seized by a sudden heat wave that was accompanied with stifling humidity more fitting for Manila or Saigon than the Hollywood Hills.

This weekend, the popular Sunday matinee concert by the Philharmonia Orchestra featured the dynamic Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko.