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As the BBC Proms visits Gateshead, Dinis Sousa and the Royal Northern Sinfonia excel in Mendelssohn, although David Fray's Bach underwhelms. 

French pianist David Fray with the Royal Northern Sinfonia challenges orthodoxy in blisteringly fast Bach and darkly imagined Mozart.

David Fray's mannered Bach is a let-down, but Karl-Heinz Steffens brings out the spacious majesty in Bruckner's Ninth Symphony. 

Two years after the death of Patrick Dupond, the Paris Opera Ballet paid tribute to him in a sumptuous gala evening, with the procession of the Ballet’s stars and the the performance of three of Dupond’s most emblematic works.

John Neumeier presents the first full-length Covid-compliant ballet, a series of “delicious miniatures” created on the company's entire ensemble of almost 60 dancers.

A quarter century after its New York première, Corigliano’s Symphony no. 1 has maintained its emotional impact. 

Kirill Karabits leads the BSO in music by Glazunov and Tchaikovsky, which prove more appealing that David Fray's Beethoven.

Pianist David Fray was equally impressive as soloist in a subtly played Mozart Concerto no. 24.

Continuing the 'German Romantic' series, Steffens and the Philharmonia gave an indulgent performance, culminating in a thrilling account of Brahms' Third.

Dignified and intellectual Wagner, Schumann and Mendelssohn with the Hong Kong Phil.

Dickensian good cheer and humour make for a remarkably satisfying performance from Oue, Fray and the NSO.

Fervent flag-waving is usually reserved for the Last Night of the Proms, so what was going on in this Philharmonia concert? The Arena was awash with a sea of red flags, the chorus – and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen – were decked out in T-shirts bearing portraits of Lenin or Stalin.

Marin Alsop leads the Cleveland Orchestra in Schumann's Piano Concerto with soloist David Fray, as well as Samuel Barber's Second Essay and a dramatic reading of Aaron Copland's Third Symphony.

The haze of the surreal, somnambulistic nightscape of Witold Lutosławski’s Les espaces du sommeil cast its strange pall over the expanse of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s December 7 concert at Walt Disney Hall with Esa-Pekka Salonen at the podium.

In a concert featuring two works of Richard Wagner (one a concert piece, the other an adaptation from an opera score), the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under conductor Jaap van Zweden made their biggest statements in works by Mozart and Debussy. The fascinating program paired the Wagner works, one in each half, with those of the supposedly more “demure” high-classicist and arch-Impressionist.

This was a tremendous concert. That is to say it presented two of the grandest works in their genre, Mozart’s longest piano concerto and Bruckner’s longest completed symphony, moving from Mozart’s imposing C major maestoso entrance to, nearly 2 hours of music later, Bruckner’s blazing C major transfiguration.

En duo avec un David Fray excellent pour chercher le théâtre à chaque coin de note, la mezzo-soprano a proposé un récital d'exception dans un programme foisonnant, entre classicisme et bel canto.

Le pianiste a proposé un programme Schubert-Liszt joué avec une intensité remarquable.

Entre sentiment profondément tragique et lumière venue d’ailleurs, le duo a livré une interprétation mémorable du célèbre cycle schubertien.

Überaus spannend und differenziert – so interpretieren Peter Mattei und David Fray Schuberts Winterreise.

Le violoniste Renaud Capuçon et le pianiste David Fray font étape à l’Auditorium de Lyon, à l'occasion de la mini-tournée qui accompagne leur récent enregistrement des Sonates pour violon et clavier de Bach.

Organisé par les clubs Rotary, Rotaract et InnerWheel de Toulouse, ce concert caritatif réunissait des artistes de renom pour un programme musical autour de la figure tutélaire de Johann Sebastian Bach.

Les Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad invitent à l’heure des contes de fée dans l’église romane de Rougemont. Bach, Mozart et Schumann sont interprétés en délicatesse par Paul Meyer, David Fray et Gérard Caussé.

Programme avenant par l’Orchestre National de France, le pianiste David Fray, et l’illustre beau-père, Riccardo Muti, de retour au pupitre après une opération qui l’avait contraint à annuler plusieurs concerts. Le plus rare Aus Italien de Richard Strauss y succédait à un Concerto pour piano de Schumann d’honnête facture.

Rafael Payare, chef vénézuélien offre une vision contrastée du Concerto pour orchestre de Bartók, sans pour autant mener le troisième concerto de Beethoven à bon port : la jeunesse de David Fray n'aura pas su donner l'amplitude nécessaire à l'œuvre du génie allemand... dommage car l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande sonna bien... 

Frühes von Bach, Spätes von Schubert: David Fray begeistert beim Heidelberger Frühling.