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Folksong and fantasy with the LSO and Ryan Bancroft at the BBC Proms

By Chris Garlick, 30 August 2025

Ryan Bancroft’s LSO programme, inherited from Simon Rattle, mixes attractive English folksong-inspired pieces with more challenging, late 20th-century works.

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London

30 Aug 2025

Folksong and fantasy with the LSO and Ryan Bancroft at the BBC Proms

By Chris Garlick

Seattle

Ludovic Morlot returns to lead Seattle Symphony’s season-closing showcase

By Thomas May, 19 June 2025

Two rhapsodies anchor a program that ranges from brass-driven bravura to Ravel’s iridescent orchestral color. Seattle Symphony closes its season with breadth, nuance and elegant command from emeritus Ludovic Morlot.

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Seattle

19 Jun 2025

Morlot returns to lead Seattle Symphony’s season-closing showcase

By Thomas May

Boston

Muted Mozart, muted Beethoven: Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony

By Kevin Wells, 16 February 2017

Andris Nelsons highlights the dialectic between the traditional and revolutionary aspects of Beethoven's Eroica in Boston.

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Boston

16 Feb 2017

Muted Mozart, muted Beethoven

By Kevin Wells

London

A dream-inspired cocktail of works from Knussen and Benjamin

By David Truslove, 18 March 2016

A programme of personal choices curated by George Benjamin in collaboration with Oliver Knussen – that didn’t quite hang together but with two UK premières it was a fascinating evening.

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London

18 Mar 2016

A dream-inspired cocktail of works from Knussen and Benjamin

By David Truslove