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Stravinsky and Bartók rarities were the genesis of a superb concert program in Montreal with Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu.

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

The players gathered at the bar for a Scotch as the credits rolled. After three hours and twenty minutes of note-taking, I decided to follow suit.

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra's new chief conductor revels in a flawless performance from his star players.

Woodwind and Brass from the Royal Conservatory of Scotland gave sparkling Stravinsky performances of his Octet, Symphonies of Winds and joined by RCS Voices for his Mass.

Birtwistle’s Responses poses more questions than it answers, but Aimard’s Messiaen was a triumph. 

Celebrating the work of emerging artists and their 20th-century heritage, the LSO Futures concert series came to a spectacular close this weekend at the Barbican. In a two-part programme devised by conductor François-Xavier Roth, chamber and orchestral forces reckoned with the challenges posed to the symphonic tradition.

The announcement by the presenter that Stravinsky did not intend Symphonies of Wind Instruments to please the audience or arouse their passions was greeted with titters of laughter. An overheard conversation during the interval signalled that the number of late arrivals to the concert was suspected to be ‘because they didn’t want to sit through the Stravinsky’.

Dirigé par Jonathan Nott, l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande propose un voyage qui ne manquait pas de charme sur le papier, avec une création d'Éric Montalbetti servie par la flûte d'Emmanuel Pahud...