En vivo, Video: Buscador de críticas de conciertos de música clásica, ópera, ballet y danza | Sinfonía núm. 7 en do mayor, Op.105

Monográfico finés por la Sinfónica de Galicia, Dima Slobodeniouk y Anssi Karttunen: conclusión del ciclo sinfónico de Sibelius y estreno español del Segundo concierto para violonchelo de Lindberg

Effortless Brahms and rich Sibelius from Sado and the Tonkünstler-Orchester, with elegant Mozart from Yeol Eum Son at Cadogan Hall.  

The Boston Symphony's final concert of 2024 is marked by appearance of the two conducting fellows from this summer’s Tanglewood Music Center, Ross Jamie Collins and Na’zir McFadden. 

Stephen Waarts plays two 21st-century works for violin and orchestra that deserve to become repertoire regulars, sandwiches by two fine performances of Sibelius symphonies. 

Le chef finlandais se révèle un guide exaltant dans sa fascinante intégrale des symphonies de son compatriote, nous obligeant à oublier toutes nos habitudes d’écoute et nos références discographiques.

Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO were at the top of their game, bringing a bracing breath of Scandi fresh air and clear light, on a dark December eveneing. 

Nachdem der junge finnische Dirigent Klaus Mäkelä bereits eine aufsehenerregende Laufbahn zurückgelegt hat, gibt er nun sein Debüt am Lucerne Festival. Die Eindrücke gehen in verschiedene Richtungen.

Hyeyhoon Park, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Benjamin Grosvenor unite for a big-boned, romantic Beethoven Triple Concerto.  

Alexandre Kantorow dazzles in Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto with Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.

Beautifully shaped, deeply felt interpretations of Britten and Sibelius plus a vibrant world premiere distinguish this Seattle Symphony program led by guest conductor Kazem Abdullah and featuring violinist Augustin Hadelich.

The Finnish conductor paired works by compatriots Jean Sibelius and Kaija Saariaho with interesting, offbeat selections from Stravinsky and Bartók.

Conducting a programme of mostly 20th-century classics that could have come from his early glory days in Birmingham, Rattle was in his element.

En deux concerts aux programmes passionnants, le London Symphony Orchestra et son directeur musical ont montré l'étendue de leur talent et de leur générosité.

Thomas Dausgaard and his Scottish players probe beneath the surface in symphonies by Sibelius and Nielsen, while Jan Lisiecki seeks out maximum contrasts in a Beethoven concerto.

The world premiere of Erkki-Sven Tüür's Flute Concerto, written for Berliner Philharmoniker principal Emmanuel Pahud, is the main dish in Järvi's three-course programme. 

An auspicious opening to the Oslo Philharmonic's Sibelius cycle in Vienna, closing with an especially fine Seventh where the music seems to grow organically. 

In a rather mixed and unconventional programme, Roderick Williams and Amarins Wierdsman provide the highlights of a programme of variable success in Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall.

An unusual collection of five disparate shorter orchestral works made for a fascinating celebration of Sir Simon Rattle’s musical enthusiasms over his career.

In between the two symphonies, there was an extra Sibelius item, and this time it was a novelty.

Robin Ticciati conducts a reflective account of Sibelius' Seventh Symphony, recorded behind closed doors at the Royal Festival Hall.

Not one, but two piano concertos in the Malmö Live Konsertsalen, with a Finnish filling in Patrik Ringborg's Shostakovich sandwich.

Esa-Pekka Salonen pairs Sibelius' last two symphonies in his concert with the Orchestre de Paris

Mäkelä brought out the harmonic inventiveness and the unexpected lyrical character of the music. 

Boris Giltburg provides a captivating interpretation of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, filled with youthful flair. 

À la Cité de la Musique, Case Scaglione et son ONDIF exaltent les ardeurs des symphonies de Sibelius. L'impétueuse Simone Lamsma domine les pièges diaboliques du Concerto pour violon.

Storgårds, Helmchen and the Boston Symphony Orchestra impress with a programme inspired by nature.

Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO kick off the New Year by showcasing a contemporary vocal masterpiece (with Barbara Hannigan as soloist) together with two symphonies by Nordic composers.

Contrasts are fine but they don’t always work: in a programme with a strongly Germanic flavour John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic stretch the boundaries.

With its vertiginous vocal leaps and broad intervals, Komsi's pure pitch-perfect soprano soared like the eldrich keening of a sea bird. The spareness and incantatory intensity were heightened by the BBCSO and Oramo.

In its opening concert of the season, the Philharmonia gave two of Sibelius' symphonies with two modern pieces by a pair of Iceland's finest young composers, which made for rewarding listening.

The music of Sibelius and Mahler may seem worlds apart, but this concert by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, celebrating Finland's centenary, proved that opposites can attract.

Vivid playing thrills at the Proms, but fell short of engrossing storytelling.

A satisfying programme of familiar and unfamiliar works by the BBC Philarhomic under its Principal Guest Conductor. 

Die Münchner Symphoniker entführten ihr Publikum in die skandinavische Klassik, deren nordisch-kühle Romantik zu den klirrendkalten Temperaturen vor den Türen des Herkulessaals passten.

The final pair of Sibelius symphonies is memorably performed by the LPO under Osmo Vänskä, with Tasmin Little as the authoritative soloist in Walton's violin concerto.

Lars Vogt and Royal Northern Sinfonia end their explorations of Mozart and Sibelius with the composers' final works.

Before the NY Philharmonic even arrived in San Francisco, skeptics were complaining about the 'hackneyed" repertoire they were bringing on tour. But there was nothing commonplace about their interpretations, power, technical skills or performances. 

The RPO play a contrasting programme of two dark symphonies by Sibelius and Tchaikovsky, with the Georgian panist Khatia Buniatishvili as the soloist in the Schumann concerto.

Alan Gilbert conducts Sibelius and Mahler at the helm of the New York Philharmonic. 

An all Sibelius concert played with precision and flair by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra fails to provide fresh insights into the composer's enigmatic works but violinist Christal Lee is a soloist to watch.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Dausgaard took us on a Finnish journey in a haunting programme of Sibelius' last three symphonies. 

The Festival Director gives himself the onerous task of conducting four of the more elusive masterworks.

For the third and final leg of the Proms Sibelius symphony marathon, the baton was passed to Osmo Vänskä, with a change of orchestra from the BBC Scottish to the BBC Symphony.

En cette année 2015 qui honore les 150 ans de Sibelius, Mikko Franck, futur directeur du Philharmonique de Radio France, propose un concert qui lui est entièrement dédié. Quatre œuvres à la fois différentes et typiques du grand compositeur finlandais étaient au programme de ce magnifique concert. 

The Berliner Philharmoniker gives a fascinating account of the distinctive tonal colours, harmonic progressions and variations in tempi in Sibelius' last three symphonies.

Violinist Alina Ibragimova captures both the virtuosity and poetry of the Sibelius concerto, while Juanjo Mena has a firm grasp of the architecture of Schoenberg's Pelleas and Melisande.

After all that tonal instability in last week’s Wagner marathon at the Proms, Daniel Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s programme celebrating C major came as a breath of fresh air. The Royal Albert Hall had cooled down a bit too.

Sibelius is an extraordinarily well represented composer in Manchester and, ever since Sir John Barbirolli’s conductorship of the Hallé, all his symphonies have been presented here many times by both native and visiting orchestras – even within the last decade a Sibelius symphony cycle has been undertaken by the Hallé, and tonight marks the third and final concert of the BBC Philharmonic’s 2013 Si