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Timothy Ridout plays Britten and Larcher in a Wigmore Hall programme with the Britten Sinfonia. 

Simon Rattle and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment deliver a revelatory all-Berlioz programme, crowned by a sensational Symphonie Fantastique of rare clarity, colour and imagination.

Andrew Manze and the RLPO delivered a thrilling evening of bold orchestration, premieres, and unexpected drama — culminating in an incredible performance of Henry Wood’s imaging of Pictures at an Exhibition.

A fitting farewell for Leif Ove Andsnes' Rosendal Chamber Music Festival: imaginative programming and excellent performances in an inspiring setting. 

Some unexpected tempo swerves from Minasi in the Jupiter in an otherwise sprightly evening of Mozart from Ensemble Resonanz. 

Timothy Ridout, Daniel Blendulf and Denis Kozhukin join the Dutch violinist for intensely passionate performances of Brahms chamber works. 

Sakari Oramo presents a pair of Polish symphonies by Bacewicz and Szymanowski, interrupted by Mozart's Sinfonia concertante, but the evening struggles to take off.

Violin dealers J & A Beare celebrate its 130th anniversary in lavish style by bringing together eight of the Cremona luthier’s exceptional instruments for a concert directed by Dutch violinist, Janine Jansen. 

Robert and Clara were not the only two-composer family. So were Alma and Gustav. The Nash Ensemble's latest programme highlights Beethoven and the Romantics.

Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck’s Notturno is the rarity in an imaginative chamber recital dedicated to nocturnal music and transfiguration.   

An all-British composer line-up at the Proms also included Walton's Viola Concerto, John Foulds and Charlotte Bray. 

Alpesh Chauhan and the BBCSO give a finely judged “Scottish” Symphony, Timothy Ridout plays Sally Beamish's haunting Under the Wing of the Rock and a riotous Orkney Wedding with Sunrise concludes a celebration of Scotland. 

The Wigmore Soloists make their concert debut in one of music's great ensembles – Schubert's Octet.

The tenor man told Thomas Hardy’s familiar verses with such probing honesty that I heard newness in all of them.

Early and late Beethoven in the closing two recitals of Wigmore Hall's Beethoven Festival Weekend. 

Much more than an accompanist, Denk was the rock on which the success of such a demanding programme was built.

Awkard programming but fine musicianship from the Nash Ensemble and Christine Rice as part of its 'German Romantics' series.

Hereford Cathedral experiences a mix of sacred and secular explorations of melancholy and triumph, from Stravinsky, Walton, Ravel and Lili Boulanger.

An effortless evening of Brahms, Bartók and Schubert: high-class chamber music making from Benjamin Grosvenor and others.

Sans véritablement « diriger » l'orchestre (à l'exception des six minutes de Webern), la violoniste italienne entraîne les musiciens dans un même art du discours mozartien.

Pour sa prise de fonction à la tête de l'orchestre dresdois, le chef britannique a dirigé un concert d'ouverture passionnant, notamment dans une Quatrième Symphonie de Brahms très réussie.

Das Erfolgsrezept des dritten der beliebten Rencontres inédites lautete: Man nehme zwei bekannte Kammermusikstücke von Brahms und lasse sie von hochkarätigen Musikern in verschiedenen Kombinationen musizieren.

L'Orchestre de chambre de Paris et Lars Vogt font une rentrée endiablée au Théâtre des Champs Elysées, avec un florilège de jeunes solistes parmi lesquels brillent Timothy Ridout et Marina Chiche.

Autour de la Sonate pour flûte, alto et harpe de Debussy, trois jeunes talents étaient mis à l'honneur à l'Auditorium du Louvre : Adam Walker, Timothy Ridout et Anneleen Lenaerts.