On the last leg of their first international tour, the Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin fully embraced Elgar after a francophone first half of Berlioz and Saint-Saëns.
MTT and the CSO were energetic partners from Stravinsky's obscure Scènes de ballet to Prokofiev's familiar Romeo and Juliet, and a Saint-Saëns cello concerto with Gautier Capuçon served as a sumptuous interlude.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic's last week of its classical music season at the Hollywood Bowl began with romantic French music under an almost full moon played the sexy Seattle way.
The final stop on the Basel Chamber Orchestra's Australian tour at the Sydney Opera House saw Sol Gabetta in fine fettle as soloist in Cello Concertos by Saint-Saëns and the Latvian Vasks.
Harriet Krijgh and Gustavo Gimeno excel in their Liverpool debuts, and the RLPO earn a rapturous reception for a ravishing Scheherazade, destined to remain long in the memory.
The Cleveland Orchestra under guest conductor Lionel Bringuier perform two Ravel works, the Saint-Saëns First Cello Concerto with Gautier Capucon, and the brilliant La tragédie de Salomé by Florent Schmitt.
Embarquement immédiat pour la croisière 2017-2018 de l’Auditorium. Le concert d’ouverture annonce une programmation colorée dont l’exécution en finesse et maturité résulte tout d’abord de l’interaction fusionnelle entre l’ONL et son chef Leonard Slatkin.
Mit einem Programm von kritisch-ernst bis herzerfrischend begeisterte das das Münchner Kammerorchester im Prinzregententheater unter dem Motto „Kindheit“ und fand dafür in Steven Isserlis einen kongenialen musikalischen Wegbegleiter.
