Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance reviews | Symphony no. 4 in C minor, "Tragic", D 417

Not at any point did Mr. Staples give the impression that he was summoned for the role on such a short notice

In the last program at home before an international tour, Franz Welser-Möst led The Cleveland Orchestra in an imposing performance of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben, prefaced by works of Schubert and Webern.

Barenboim and the Staatskapelle offer the easy-going atmosphere large-scale Schubertiad in the composer's middle symphonies at the Boulezsaal.

Valery Gergiev's partnership with the Munich Phiharmonic is still a very young one and their common path can lead in many directions.

The première of a bold new work by Luke Bedford was the highlight in a Prom concert that otherwise lacked impact and focus. 

Summer Nights on a winter's afternoon in Sydney, as Katarina Karnéus performs Berlioz with the Sydney Symphony. 

CSO and Riccardo Muti première a newly commissioned piece by cellist Giovanni Sollima that features himself and Yo Yo Ma, with Schubert's Third and Fourth Symphonies also included.

The Bamberg Symphony played the first of their two concerts at Lincoln Center on Sunday. The program had something of a Viennese bent, with works by Anton Webern (of the Second Viennese School), Schubert (the first of the great Romantics to call the city home), and Brahms (who lived there most of his life).

 Au Festival de Gstaad, Hilary Hahn est éblouissante dans les concertos de Bach. Mais le reste du programme déçoit.

Pour la rentrée symphonique de l’Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn, la programmation couvrait une large période de l’histoire de la musique et donnait un aperçu de la saison à venir.

In einem bewegenden Konzert präsentiert das Orchester Werke Schuberts und Mahlers, deren Tonsprache gemeinsame Wurzeln im Lied hat.

Rares sont les programmes à afficher une cohérence musicale forte. Ici l'ONCT, amené par le chef invité Rinaldo Alessandrini, suivait le fil simple mais au combien efficace du discours chronologique. 

Programme réjouissant que celui tourné par l’Orchestre de Chambre de Paris avec Douglas Boyd et leur invité, Viktoria Mullova. Ce soir, les 43 musiciens permanents de l’ensemble nous offrent deux symphonies de Schubert, couplées pour l’occasion au Concerto pour violon de Sibelius. Approche intimiste, sans alibi, sublimée par l’enthousiasme des musiciens.