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Sir Simon Rattle's “Stravinsky Journey” threads a string of miniatures to persuade the audience that there's more to Stravinsky than his three early Ballets Russes hits. 

The Konzerthaus Berlin devotes a six-day festival to a single composer under a single conductor. 

This Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra concert was titled simply "Degenerate" and designed to showcase works that were – or would have been – banned for their so-called "degeneracy" during the Third Reich, either for the perceived "radical" nature of the music or for the simple fact the composer was Jewish.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducted the CSO in a bracing account of Sibelius' Second Symphony, while Emanuel Ax sparkled in an elegant take on Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.

The Young Composers Meeting Apeldoorn was opened by the 'Orchestra of the 21st century' under Ed Spanjaard, with fascinating pieces by Anna Meredith and Louis Andriessen.

Not for Josep Pons is the neat, crystalline programming of Oliver Knussen or similar: this sprawling Proms debut by the Catalan conductor encompassed a perplexing variety of music, never really looking like it would form much of a coherent whole.

Sir Simon Rattle erkundet unbekannten Stücke und Lieder sowie Edelsteine aus späteren Schaffensperioden.