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The former principal guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra made his first appearance in seven years to lead graceful performances of Elgar and Beethoven. 

David Afkham scored a successful CSO debut in Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony and Beethoven First Piano Concerto with Emanuel Ax.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducted the CSO in a bracing account of Sibelius' Second Symphony, while Emanuel Ax sparkled in an elegant take on Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.

Le programme « Proust, mots et musique » s'est avéré un bien curieux mélange, qui a malheureusement laissé la musique en général et le violoncelliste Steven Isserlis en particulier sur la touche.

Ragna Schirmer gestaltete im Kammermusiksaal eine Hommage an Clara Schumann und bot nicht nur musikalisch einen großartigen Abend, sondern auch viel Informatives.