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Pärnu’s young musicians play unfamiliar works with professional confidence and savoir faire, feeding richly on the wisdom of the elder statesman who conducts them.

The orchestra and Semyon Bychkov warm up for a tour of the Far East aimed at winning hearts and minds for Czech music abroad.

An all-Dvořák programme given by the Paris Opera Orchestra fails to full satisfy, despite a couple of exciting concert openers.  

The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder start their Dvořák festival with a concert demonstrating the glories of his lesser known music including Francesco Piemontesi starring in the Piano Concerto.

Szymanowksi’s thrilling Symphony no. 4 “Symphonie concertante” for piano and orchestra is the highlight of this Istanbul Music Festival programme from Sinfonia Varsovia and pianist Piotr Anderszewski. 

Dans un programme qui allait de Dvořák à Ravel en passant par le rare Concerto n° 1 pour violoncelle de Martinů brillamment interprété par Sol Gabetta, l'orchestre amstellodamois et son chef invité ont atteint des sommets.

Dans un programme qui sortait des sentiers battus et avec un soliste-surprise (Stephen Waarts remplaçant au pied levé Christian Tetzlaff), le BNO et son chef associé ont suscité l'enthousiasme.