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On paper it all seemed so alluring: a tuneful opening suite, one of the raciest warhorses in the stable and a national icon to close with. However, the reality in Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Elgar was somewhat different. 

John Casken's intriguing new work for trombone and orchestra presents a musical interpretation of a Michelangelo drawing, along with superb Mozart and powerful Prokofiev. 

A rare and compelling performance of Beethoven's string quintet was the centrepiece of another instalment in the Nash Ensemble's traversal of German Romantic composers.

The Hallé brings its Nottingham concert season to an end with a programme of popular French and Russian works.  

Jamie Phillips and The Hallé orchestra brought an evening of mystery and magic to Manchester in a programme of English classics.

Jamie Phillips conducted the Hallé in a programme of Berlioz, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky which neatly combined vivacity and profundity in front of a packed Bridgewater Hall.

Sir Mark Elder conducted the Hallé in an unusual programme of music themed around hunting. There were many excellent performances, most memorably in Britten's Our Hunting Fathers, which added substantial depth to the evening.Assistant conductor Jamie Phillips began proceedings with a solid account of Haydn’s Symphony no. 73, “La Chasse”.

Few things could unite such a large group of people as the Hallé’s Meistersinger did tonight. Some 515 performers, drawn from three orchestras and five choirs, gathered to present highlights from the first two acts of Wagner’s opera and the third act in full.

Rentrée en demi-teinte pour l'Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon qui ouvre sa saison par une série de concerts symphoniques, avec ce soir un Stéphane Degout particulièrement inspiré en dépit d'un chef moins convaincant. 

Jamie Phillips dirige avec une joie communicative un Orchestre de la Suisse Romande en forme et qui virevoltera d’Haydn en Prokofiev dans un bonheur juvénile, à l’instar du Concerto de Haydn sous l’archet d’un Johannes Moser enjoué !