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Herbert Blomstedt conducts Schubert and Berwald... and picks up a medal on his return to the Leipzig Gewandhaus.

All vestiges of age-related considerations evaporate as Herbert Blomstedt conducts Schubert and Beethoven in Berlin's Philharmonie.

Sensitive, nuanced Bruckner from Blomstedt and a Mozartian treat from Maria João Pires.

The 94-year old conductor explores, with his trademark modesty and diligence, two symphonies extolling similar live affirming sentiments. 

The whole performance, which drew thematic parallels between Mozart and Bruckner, was a master class in eliciting more with less.

It was a pleasure to hear the Vienna Philharmonic in Herbert Blomstedt's deeply-invested nonagenarian's view of music he has been performing for nearly seven decades.

At age 94, Herbert Blomstedt led a superb all-Beethoven concert with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Music Center, with Garrick Ohlsson an exemplary soloist in the Fourth Piano Concerto.

The ever-spry Blomstedt offers powerful, no-nonsense readings of a pair of contrasting symphonies. 

The inexhaustible maestro shared the stage with Johan Dalene, an exciting violinist seven decades his junior.

Nothing for doomsters and gloomsters here in this performance of Bruckner's majestic Eighth, turning intimations of mortality into a celebration of life itself.

How do you envisage spending your 93rd birthday? Herbert Blomstedt joined the Bamberg Symphony for a programme of Honegger and Brahms. 

Herbert Blomstedt returned to Cleveland in a memorable and often transcendent performance of Bruckner’s Fifth.

Herbert Blomstedt and Lise de la Salle proved an ideal pair in the rarely heard Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

The venerable Herbert Blomstedt conducts a spirited programme of works by Mozart and Bruckner in Zurich’s provisional concert hall, the Tonhalle Maag.

As spry as ever at 91, Herbert Blomstedt returns to the Philharmonia for an energetic "Eroica" Symphony with plenty of brio. 

Herbert Blomstedt returns to Cleveland in authoritative performances of Beethoven’s “Pastoral” and Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” symphonies.

Herbert Blomstedt returns to the Boston Symphony for a rewarding matinee program of Haydn and Brahms. 

Expert conductor Herbert Blomstedt and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra bring impeccable Mendelssohn, Brahms and Stenhammar to Brussels.

Blomstedt, in splendid form at 91, also paid tribute to his largely forgotten compatriot Franz Berwald, who died 150 years ago.

Blomstedt’s lean and athletic performances of Beethoven’s and Sibelius’ second symphonies go to show that age really is just a number. 

Blomstedt gives an exhilarating reading of three of Mozart’s C major symphonies.

Beautiful, yet uninspired playing resulted in an underwhelming start to the New Year from the Oslo Philharmonic.

The amazing phenomenon that is Herbert Blomstedt leads the Gewandhausorchester from Leipzig in Beethoven's Triple Concerto and Bruckner's mighty Seventh.

Martin Helmchen produced a powerful and sombre performance of Brahms' First Piano Concerto, while Blomstedt and the Philharmonia sparkled in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.

The Oslo Philharmonic was left to tell the story due to some rather emotionless singing.

Beethoven’s call to joy and brotherhood left much to be desired if not for a fantastic chorus in the final movement. 

The Bamberg Symphony and Akiko Suwanai's delivery of arguably one of the most challenging and beautiful violin masterpieces was simply ecstatic. 

At 89, Blomstedt may now be in the autumn of his years, but his conducting is certainly the equivalent of Ol' Blue Eyes' “vintage wine from fine old kegs”, as evidenced in tonight's splendid all-Beethoven Prom with the Gewandhaus.

For the centennial celebration of Max Reger’s death, American pianist Peter Serkin and Herbert Blomstedt travelled to Saxony, the composer’s birthplace, touring orchestras with his Piano Concerto in F minor.

Conducting entirely from memory, Herbert Blomstedt and the Philharmonia gave a rousing performance of Bruckner's Fourth and Mozart's 39th.

Herbert Blomstedt, Christian Ihle Hadland and the Oslo Philharmonic gave scintillating performances of Beethoven and Mahler.

Berwald’s quirky Third Symphony opened the concert before a beautifully judged performance of Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony.

As a last-minute replacement, Martin Helmchen courageously stepped in to perform Mozart, while veteran Herbert Blomstedt returns with a moving Pathétique. 

The Cleveland Orchestra's principal cellist Mark Kosower gives a solid performance in Dvořák’s concerto, coupled with Tchaikovsky's “Pathétique” Symphony under Herbert Blomstedt's direction. 

Sixty years after his debut with the Swedish Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 87 year old Herbert Blomstedt conducted the orchestra in the very same programme in a sold out Stockholm Concert Hall. 

Herbert Blomstedt brought the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester to Birmingham for the ninth of their eleven-concert, two-week Easter tour. Their magisterial account of Bruckner’s Romantic Symphony, and a fine performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto by Leif Ove Andsnes, earned them a vociferous reception.

This week’s Cleveland Orchestra concert program looks like the syllabus from a music appreciation course: Mozart’s Symphony no. 40 in G minor, and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony no. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”.

Nestled in the north of Bavaria lies the small medieval town of Bamberg. Despite its small population of just 70,000 people, the town boasts not only a wonderful concert hall, but one of the best orchestras in Germany.

Im Alter immer leichter und unpathetischer: Blomstedts Bruckner fast federnd und niemals monolithisch im Konzert der Bamberger Symphoniker.

Herbert Blomstedt und die Berliner Philharmoniker lassen mit Bruckner die Philharmonie erstrahlen.

Das BRSO lud zum alljährlichen Benefizkonzert des SZ-Adventskalender. Am Pult konnte Blomstedt besonders mit seiner Interpretation von Schuberts „Großer” C-Dur-Symphonie überzeugen.

Mit Bruckners Vierten Symphonie beweist Herbert Blomstedt einmal mehr, warum er der Doyen unter den großen Dirigenten ist.

Die Bamberger Symphoniker musizieren voll schwärmerischer Begeisterung mit ihrem Ehrendirigenten.

Herbert Blomstedt und das Gewandhausorchester Leipzig breiten Brahms eine Festwiese aus.

Formidable concert d'ouverture aux Rencontres musicales d'Évian. L'inoxydable Herbert Blomstedt dirige une Tonhalle de Zurich particulièrement investie. Dans le Concerto pour violon de Brahms, Janine Jansen est époustouflante.

Herbert Blomstedt dirigiert Sibelius' Vierte Symphonie; ein Werk, auf das man sich emotional einstellen muss, um nicht von ihrer Düsternis hinfort gerissen zu werden.

À la Philharmonie de Paris, Martin Helmchen interprète un bouillonnant Concerto pour piano n° 1 de Mendelssohn. S'ensuit une lumineuse Symphonie n° 1 de Brahms, par l'Orchestre de Paris et Herbert Blomstedt.

Blomstedts Interpretationen von Brahms und Mendelssohn verbreiten pure Lebensfreude und Optimismus.

Die Bamberger Symphoniker spielen unter der Leitung ihres Ehrendirigenten eine fulminante Neunte Symphonie Mahlers.