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The pairing of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony with the Violin Concerto of Brahms felt conspicuously like a calling card from an orchestra that sees itself as a contender for wider recognition, on this showing with good reason.

“Let me play the lion too.” I hadn’t associated Daniel Barenboim with Nick Bottom from A Midsummer Night’s Dream before, but during Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, I half expected him to leap from his piano stool and play the violin and cello parts too. 

63 concerts in just four days: a full programme kicked off the “Bogotá is Mozart” festival in style. 

Just occasionally a regular concert-goer experiences a performance that is truly special.  When he is not anticipating this it can be an overwhelming experience. The BBC Philharmonic’s concert at the Bridgewater Hall, also broadcast on BBC Radio 3, proved to be such an experience.

The BBC Philharmonic delivered superb performances in a fascinating programme under their Principal Guest Conductor John Storgårds, finding an unusual mix of wit and pathos at the Bridgewater Hall. The concert opened with Sibelius’s 1914 The Bard, one of the less frequently heard of the Fin’s tone poems.

En formation de chambre, les musiciens des Berliner Philharmoniker font admirer leurs qualités solistiques aux côtés d'Edgar Moreau et Sunwook Kim, dans un programme associant Mozart et Brahms.

Le jeune pianiste impose une présence faite d'une plénitude pianistique et spirituelle qui confirment ses premiers prix aux Concours Clara-Haskil et de Leeds.

Un événement rare : Christiane Karg accompagnée par Mahler lui-même grâce à un enregistrement Welte-Mignon, et une Quatrième Symphonie de Mahler de haut vol.

Muchas luces y alguna sombra en un programa muy bien ideado, interpretado y dirigido por Guy Braunstein