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At the Elbphilharmonie, a programme of Ligeti, Adams and Lutosławski showcases the power of modern orchestral music to engage both intellectually and emotionally. 

Singapore Symphony's first concert of 2005 distinguished by Yu-Chien Benny Tseng and Julian Kuerti.

The New York Philharmonic features two early Ligeti works, a new concerto for Yefim Bronfman by Elena Firsova, and Brahms' Serenade no. 1.

Three concertos and a symphony made for an unusual but generous programme, but Les Siècles illustrate that versatility can come with mixed blessings. 

David Robertson's program combines a passionate and multilayered account of Bartók's Second Violin Concerto with early, rarely played works by Ligeti and Rachmaninov that challenges assumptions about their composers.

Elena Schwarz conducts the NSO in a rousing rendition of Dvořák's famous Seventh Symphony, while cellist Leonard Elschenbroich offers punchy Khachaturian.

Ligeti, Grieg, Beethoven and 100 metronomes offer an unusual combination from the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast.

Ligeti's Concert Românesc gets a well characterised reading, but Gardiner's Bartók and Haydn come off less well at LSO St Luke's.

Leonidas Kavakos puts down his bow and picks up the baton to conduct the Rotterdam Philharmonic in Ligeti and Dvořák. 

An uplifting performance by the Swedish orchestra takes us on a journey from the Isle of Staffa to Bohemian forests via the Carpathian Mountains in the venue's Nature Unwrapped season. 

Pure jouissance from that musical multitasker extraordinaire Barbara Hannigan in an evening of contrasting delights with the London Symphony Orchestra.

A century on from its birth, one of Switzerland’s leading orchestras finally makes its Proms debut in a scintillating programme of French and Russian music.

Gustavo Gimeno, making his Symphony Hall debut, impressed in a program opening with Ligeti's Concert Românesc.

A stimulating and imaginative programme, including folksy Ligeti, with striking Salonen and intense Bartók from Lawrence Power, finished off with powerful Mahler from Gustavo Gimeno and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Kent Nagano and OSM wowed with cerebral approach to Carmina Burana.

Harriet Krijgh and Gustavo Gimeno excel in their Liverpool debuts, and the RLPO earn a rapturous reception for a ravishing Scheherazade, destined to remain long in the memory. 

If the orchestra's playing was marked by poise and balance, so was the programme taken in its entirety. The buoyancy that had prevailed to now brought out the darker hues of Schubert's “Unfinished” Symphony deliciously.

Barbara Hannigan gives a virtuoso performance of Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Lucerne.

Third time’s a charm? Or is three a crowd? It isn’t often that an orchestra takes up an entire weekend at Carnegie Hall. Could this be too much of a good thing?

György Ligeti’s Concert Românesc was banned by the Soviet government for the crime of getting too fancy with colouring on dominant chords. Though by no means overly dissonant, especially as compared to Ligeti’s later works, the last few minutes of this work do become ever so slightly crunchy.

Doubling as a 300-seat lecture theatre for Edinburgh University’s Music Department, the 1859 Reid Concert Hall is an elegant performance space with deep red walls and a fine sound. On this particular evening an audience of around a couple of hundred gathered for a seven-item concert given by the Edinburgh Contemporary Music Ensemble.

Having previously been Assistant Conductor at The Hallé, André de Ridder returned to a bitterly cold Manchester to conduct a fascinating programme, culminating a beautifully autumnal account of Brahms’ Symphony no.4.The Brahms was by far the most successful of the evening’s works.

La création française d'After the Fall, concerto pour piano de John Adams, a laissé une impression mitigée, au contraire du reste du programme, formidablement convaincant sous la baguette du chef estonien.

La Orquesta Filarmónica de Luxemburgo abre el Festival de Santander en un ambiente festivo que celebraba el feliz reencuentro con el escenario del Palacio de Festivales.

Ein Auftritt mit Enthusiasmus und Knalleffekt als Grundlage für einen bestätigenden Erfolgsdreiklang aus Vorstellung, Vertrag und Visitenkarte.

Zwei facettenreiche Liederzyklen der Sängerin Hannigan machen den Abend zur berührenden Kurtág-Hommage

Volkstümliches von Ligeti und Brahms' erste Serenade in meisterhafter Interpretation, dazwischen Brahms' Violinkonzert auf beinahe so hohem Niveau—und ein fulminanter Schlusspunkt von  Rossini: Pappano, das CEO und Batiashvili begeisterten.

Le Chamber Orchestra of Europe, dirigé par le chef en vogue Sir Antonio Pappano, signe un concert autour des figures de Brahms et Ligeti dans leurs explorations de jeunesse, avec Lisa Batiashvili en soliste.

Ameno programa húngaro con un colosal Nikolai Demidenko y un inspirado Otto Tausk en el podio