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A welcome return from the Philharmonia saw John Wilson exercising his passion for English music in a Vaughan Williams masterpiece and an impressive Sheku Kanneh-Mason in Saint-Saëns.

Alondra de la Parra and Camille Thomas, together with the Hamburg Philharmonic, refute suggestions that there could be a gender gap in the world of music-making.

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. 

Thomas Søndergård's Scheherezade is overactive, but their concerto soloist is one of the family

Most music Festivals only have to deal with demanding divas, mercurial maestros or bad weather. In Istanbul there is a lot more at stake.

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.

István Várdai delivers a knockout punch in Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto no. 1 at the Franz Liszt Music Academy. 

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.

The RSNO, with Gilbert Varga and Daniel Müller-Schott, paint a quintessentially French picture. Would it have been welcome at the Salon?

Expresivo concierto de Saint-Saëns interpretado por Sol Gabetta y una enérgica Séptima sinfonía de Dvořák dirigida por Jakub Hrůša.

Un scénario fréquent hier à l'Orchestre symphonique de Québec : un soliste – le violoncelliste Henri Demarquette – qui enchante, un chef – André de Ridder – qui déçoit.

La Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia abre la temporada con un atípico programa exitosamente dirigido por Dima Slobodeniouk.

À la tête de l'Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, le jeune chef scandinave a livré une interprétation personnelle et intense d’œuvres phares du répertoire français, aidé par le violoncelliste István Várdai.

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.

Der neue Chefdirigent Daniele Gatti führte das Concertgebouw-Orchester und eine feurige Sol Gabetta durch das Pariser Konzertprogramm.

Paavo Järvi lässt das Orchestre de Paris eine Episode aus dem Leben eines Künstlers erzählen und dazu zeigt Gautier Capucon einen wilden Saint-Saens.

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.