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Soloist Emanuel Ax likened the piano cadenzas in a Mozart concerto to the characters in a Mozart opera, an observation borne out in his detailed, expressive playing.

This concert in the ACO's “Celebrating Mozart” season included two symphonies in G minor – by Haydn and Mozart – to bookend the evening. 

The Aurora Orchestra's principals and pianist Shai Wosner present a programme of chamber works that balance light and dark hues.

The aesthetic delights of the Vienna Philharmonic fail to enliven its Beethoven.

Two of today’s brightest soloists take on Mozart and Hummel concertos, then come together with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra for Shostakovich.  

An evening at the Wigmore Hall with the fabulous Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and fortepiano star Kristian Bezuidenhout in the keyboard concertos of CPE Bach and Mozart. What could go wrong? 

The Scottish Ensemble on lively form is joined by exciting Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero to explore the links and influences of Bach and Mozart on modern South American composers.  

The Manchester Camerata directed by Giovanni Guzzo gave moving, entertaining and expressive pieces by Pärt, Mozart, Piazzolla and Britten with Guzzo and pianist Gabriela Montero as soloists.

With an artistic director forced to cancel in the middle of a weekend of concerts, duty called on his assistant conductor - and she clearly had done her homework.