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Kate Soper performs the role of Orpheus, spoken and sung, in the world premiere of Orpheus Orchestra Opus Onus at David Geffen Hall. 

Lovingly detailed accounts of music dear to the heart of the late master of ceremonies at the Proms.

Tempora mutantur; an inventive programme abut changing times, in the metrical, art-historical, and geo-political senses. 

A capacity crowd turns out to see the doyen of American composers work his contemporary magic in the Rudolfinum. 

Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall swells to the music of Stravinsky, Brahms and Beethoven as the BBC Philharmonic explores different perspectives on Classical forms. 

Were we to celebrate a great artist fifty years after his death with three misbegotten attempts at a form he never understood?

At the helm of a highly responsive Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Robert Trevino led commanding performances of two Russian symphonies and a forthright account of Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto.

The Czech Philharmonic and soloist Tamás Pálfalvi take wing in a smart modern music program expertly crafted by composer and conductor Péter Eötvös.

Commendably fine playing from the LPO conducted by Thomas Adès, and with Kirill Gerstein as soloist, three less than familiar works throw up overwhelming volumes of energy.

In a varied programme at Lucerne’s 2018 Easter Festival, Mariss Jansons conducted the BRSO and Choir in works by Stravinsky, Hummel and Beethoven.

A programme of personal choices curated by George Benjamin in collaboration with Oliver Knussen – that didn’t quite hang together but with two UK  premières it was a fascinating evening. 

Prom 29 had a distinctly French flavour, with themes of dance and birdsong running through the programme in a glittering performance of music by Mozart, Ravel, Messiaen and Stravinsky.

Erratic tempi and unclear textures marr an otherwise engaging opportunity to hear a rarer Rachmaninov work alongside his evervescent Piano Concerto no. 2.

If Russian-born pianist Kirill Gerstein were to launch into orbit, he would far outdistance the Soyuz Space Station.

Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartók and Ravel: this program was a perfect opportunity for the Orchestre de Paris to show off its beautiful playing and brilliant technique with modernist masterpieces.

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain brought a small dose of the Southbank Centre’s year long celebration of 20th-century music, The Rest is Noise, to the North East, with a programme of bold and colourful music written by European exiles in America, music that looked to the future, and music that celebrated the best of what had been left behind.

Das Gewandhausorchester stellt in der umjubelten europäischen Erstaufführung von Thomas Adès' Klavierkonzert seine musikalische Kompetenz für die Stilrichtungen von Beethoven bis ins 21. Jahrhundert unter Beweis.

Franz Peter Zimmermann fue el protagonista central con su vibrante y personal interpretación del Concierto para violín de Mendelssohn eje de la velada junto a las sinfonías Praga de Mozart y la de "tres movimientos" de Stravinsky.

Die Dirigentin und Sopranistin gestaltete ihre Rolle eindrücklich, mit tragfähiger, dramatischer Stimme, auch höchste Töne mühelos meisternd.