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An exceptional programme with insight, didn’t quite fulfil itself with renditions that had understanding, but lacked a little polish and refinement.

This programme offered the chance to delve into some of the top composers from the US: Barber, Gershwin and Copland. Wayne Marshall proved a solid presence in Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F. 

Excellent performances by James Gaffigan and The Cleveland Orchestra of music by Barber, Mendelssohn, and Sibelius made for an enjoyable summer evening at the Blossom Music Festival. Stephen Hough was an outstanding piano soloist.

The Czech Philharmonic goes pops for a night to honor the life and legacy of Leonard Bernstein.

Marin Alsop made belated subscription debut with the CSO Thanksgiving weekend with a varied program contrasting 20th and 21st century British and American works with Dvořák's tragic Seventh Symphony.

A richly varied programme of Haydn, Barber and Shostakovich that mostly played to the strengths of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The fascination of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Violin Concerto, featuring soloist Jennifer Koh, dominates this week's widely mixed programme led by Ludovic Morlot.

Marin Alsop leads the Cleveland Orchestra in Schumann's Piano Concerto with soloist David Fray, as well as Samuel Barber's Second Essay and a dramatic reading of Aaron Copland's Third Symphony.

If there was any sense that the Marin Alsop was at the end of a particularly harried week for her, she displayed no signs of it at her “Casual Friday” concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Friday 2 November. The Baltimore-based conductor found herself at the center of the headlines last week – albeit for reasons she probably would have preferred to have passed up on.

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande était sous la baguette de Marin Alsop lors d'une soirée illuminée par la présence rayonnante des quatre cors solos.