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David Gabriel, KJ Takahashi and Daniel Ulbricht in Alexei Ratmansky's The Naked King © Erin Baiano

NYCB: Ratmansky’s The Naked King may not be satire, but it’s jolly good fun

By Ivy Lin, 07 February 2026

New York City Ballet presents a very entertaining quadruple bill which includes Alexei Ratmansky’s latest work, The Naked King, showing off the company’s comic talents.

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New York City

07 Feb 2026

NYCB: Ratmansky’s The Naked King is not satire, but good fun

By Ivy Lin

Sheffield

Ben Goldscheider puts the French back into the French horn in Bradfield

By Phil Parker, 25 June 2024

A horn recital or a turgid England football international? Ben Goldscheider makes it an easy choice at this year’s Bradfield Festival of Music.

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Sheffield

25 Jun 2024

Goldscheider puts the French back into the French horn in Bradfield

By Phil Parker

Perth

Hebrides Ensemble brings ‘Auld Alliance’ to Perth Festival of the Arts

By David Smythe, 23 May 2024

The Hebrides Ensemble make its first visit to Perth Festival of the Arts with an 'Auld Alliance' programme which mixes contemporary Scottish with 20th-century French works.

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Perth

23 May 2024

Hebrides Ensemble brings ‘Auld Alliance’ to Perth Festival of the Arts

By David Smythe

Tokyo

Radek Baborák and friends shine in Suntory Hall's Chamber Music Garden

By Nahoko Gotoh, 18 June 2022

This portrait concert of the well-loved Czech horn player Radek Baborák, devised for Suntory Hall's Chamber Music Garden, was part solo recital, part ensemble concert.

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Tokyo

18 Jun 2022

Radek Baborák and friends shine in Suntory Hall's Chamber Music Garden

By Nahoko Gotoh

Perth

Welcome back! French delights from a joyful RSNO in Perth

By David Smythe, 18 June 2021

The RSNO welcomes the audience back in a light and joyful French programme conducted by Thomas Søndergård with its own oboist Adrian Wilson as soloist in L'Horloge de flore.

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Perth

18 Jun 2021

Welcome back! French delights from a joyful RSNO in Perth

By David Smythe

Auckland

Giuliano Sommerhalder's trumpet resounds resplendently in Auckland Town Hall

By Simon Holden, 06 May 2015

It was hard to be disappointed with a concert containing music-making of such consistent vitality under the very dynamic leadership from young Norwegian conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen.

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Auckland

06 May 2015

The trumpet resounds resplendently in Auckland Town Hall

By Simon Holden

London

Benedict Cumberbatch joins the Britten Oboe Quartet in Wimbledon

By Paul Kilbey, 18 November 2012

How do you get more people interested in classical music? It’s a difficult question, but I’d never have guessed it was difficult enough to give to Sherlock Holmes.

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London

18 Nov 2012

Benedict Cumberbatch joins the Britten Oboe Quartet in Wimbledon

By Paul Kilbey

Nuremberg

Kammermusikalische Hirtenklänge und Schäferstündchen in Nürnberg

By Michael Vieth, 09 July 2023

Aus der Mode gekommen: mit musikalischen Raritäten führten die Sopranistin Julia Grüter und Nürnberger Instrumentalsolisten in die bukolische Welt von Hirten, Herden und Herzen.

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Nuremberg

09 Jul 2023

Kammermusikalische Hirtenklänge und Schäferstündchen in Nürnberg

By Michael Vieth