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The BBC NOW gave us two hearty Russian works and celebrated the lunar landing with a world premiere of Huw Watkins' The Moon.

As the first non-Russian orchestra to tackle a complete Semyon Kotko, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic gave a tension-propelled performance under the inspired leadership of Vladimir Jurowski.

During the Lucerne Easter Festival, Mariss Jansons conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir in three highly charged works. 

La Philharmonie invite le Bolchoï : sous la direction de Tugan Sokhiev, solistes, orchestre et chœurs de l'institution russe ont délivré une extraordinaire version de concert d'Ivan le terrible, opéra de Rimsky-Korsakov.