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Carolina Eyck uncovers the dark art of playing the theremin and John Storgårds conducts Kaija Saariaho's Vista and Shostakovich's enigmatic final symphony. 

Smalltown Vermont is not to be second-guessed in Yellow Barn's top-rate program of Bach, Fauré, Hans Werner Henze and Kalevi Aho.

McFall's Chamber was full of surprises exploring 20th century music from the Baltic. The Finns' love affair with the Tango contrasted with passionate brooding Baltic landscapes – and there was a saw.

The best in music is revelation. Osmo Vänskä certainly provided revelation, bringing to the Melbourne Symphony a subtlety, power and musical originality that it has long lacked.

In Scotland, where the word 'Baltic' functions as a colloquial substitute for 'extremely cold', it's odd to come across a programme on this theme in August. Fans of the ensemble Mr. McFall's Chamber delight in such idiosyncrasies and would not be thrown to find an embrace of tangos at the programme's heart. That there were Finnish tangos might be a surprise.

Alexej Gerassimez als grandios aufwühlender Percussion-Solist im abwechslungsreichen Konzertabend der Nürnberger Staatsphilharmonie unter der Leitung von Roland Böer.

Retour sur la création française du Sieidi du finlandais Kalevi Aho sous la baguette alerte de Marzena Diakun.

Un programe rare autour des compositeurs Baptiste Trotignon, récompensé par Le Grand Prix Lycéen des Compositeurs, Kalevi Aho et Dvořák. Une grande réussite.

Das BRSO und Paul Daniel setzten drei Werke aufs Programm, die jedes auf seine spezielle Weise extreme klangliche Welten erkundet.