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Gustavo Dudamel introduced himself to his new subscription audience with a rendition of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 that was at once surgically precise, startlingly forceful and compellingly human.

A concert of “works in progress” at Zürcher Gallery in Manhattan’s East Village. 

Can you shrink La Mer into a piano trio? Ensemble 360 shows how it might be done, alongside a sparkling new work for trio forces by Dani Howard.

The new Music Director’s opening subscription concert offers an emotionally cathartic tribute to 9/11, a riotous world premiere and brilliantly performed Prokofiev.

From John Adams’ swinging mechanics and Simone Lamsma’s fiery Korngold to Alan Gilbert’s masterfully paced Brahms First, the NDR Elbphilharmonie ignite the evening with boundless energy.

Salvatore Sciarrino's Stupori is paired with Michael Hersch's Carrion-Miles to Purgatory in performances by Boston's American Modern Opera Company. 

In the SWR Experimentalstudio's contribution to Time:Spans, Philippe Manoury’s piano duo with real-time processing works better with the eyes closed. 

Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek provide an intriguing allegory for the opioid crisis, performed blisteringly at the Edinburgh International Festival.

James Gaffigan conducts the RSNO and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a swinging EIF opener: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise.