Obra: Pastorale d'été (Summer pastorale), H31

Maria João Pires gives a soporific, lacklustre performance of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, while the Festival Strings Lucerne transform Honegger’s Pastorale d'été into a riveting ambient moodscape and bring pristine clarity to the Pastoral Symphony. 

For the new season's curtain-raising programme, Seattle Symphony finds reassurance in milestones from its history led by Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot.

In Boston, an inventive program of Ravel, Honegger and Milhaud explores the Parisian musical melting pot of the 1920s and 30s.