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JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic's string players present intense Shostakovich and luminous Arensky in memorable performances.

Julian Bliss' stunning playing of Weber Second Clarinet Concerto and Vasily Petrenko's conducting of the RLPO in Haydn made for an uplifting concert.

Joan Rodger's idiomatic soprano and the surging cello obbligato were revelatory in this symbolist paean.

If Russian-born pianist Kirill Gerstein were to launch into orbit, he would far outdistance the Soyuz Space Station.

Who knew glaciers were so musical? Arensky Glacier, named for the composer of this all-Russian programme’s opener, flows south from Beethoven Peninsula into the north end of the Antartic’s Boccherini Inlet. There is nothing chilly, however, about the 1894 Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky by Anton Arensky (1861–1906).

Saturday evening’s concert saw the coming together of two world-class ensembles from opposite ends of the world: Australia’s national orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and the world-renowned British vocal group the Hilliard Ensemble.

La jeune formation a montré l'étendue de ses qualités lors d'un concert qui marquait la sortie de son premier album, consacré en partie à la musique russe.

Ein hinreißender Konzertabend, vom provokant-imaginativen Trio von Veress hin zu Enescus Oktett.