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What do Tchaikovsky, de Falla and Beethoven have in common? Nothing, but Vasily Petrenko and the Singapore Symphony thrill. 

In a vibrant display of artistry, Manchester Collective’s “Fever Dreams” programme weaves together diverse musical threads, captivating the audience with a unique concert experience.

Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings and Rachmaninov's Second Symphony are given urgent, ardent readings by the Filarmonica della Scala. 

Julia Fischer's final concert in her series with LPO exploring Mozart's violin concertos tackled Nos 1 & 2, thoughtfully balanced with Tchaikovsky's gleaming Serenade for Strings.

The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester paired Tchaikovsky and Nielsen for their Hamburg International Music Festival concert. 

Inon Barnatan and Robert Spano perform a taut Mozart piano concerto in Atlanta.

A fantastic all-Tchaikovsky concert in which cellist Natalie Clein gave a magnificent rendition of the Rococo Variations.

Mr Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi had wisdom and depth in his sound, while the young were eager and energetic.

Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra – premiered by the BSO under Serge Koussevitzky and a familiar calling card ever since – opens the new season.

In their Sydney season-opener, the ACO with guest players from ANAM deliver a thoroughly satisfying account of two 19th-century standards and introduce two new works to Australian audiences.

In Autumn the cicadas are out in force at Wigmore Hall...

Semyon Bychkov brought out the best in the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the latest concert of his Tchaikovsky project.

Substituting for Riccardo Muti, Gennady Rozhdestvensky lead the CSO in a program of diverse works for string orchestra along with Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, featuring the CSO's principal clarinetist.

A shining cast and the première of a new violin concerto offered two highlights on this evening.

In Amsterdam, Joshua Bell led his Academy of St Martin in the Fields on an adventurous, crowd-pleasing journey that demonstrated his ensemble’s versatility.

The Zurich Chamber Orchestra (ZKO) showed its fine colours this week with a triple bill of works for a string configuration. The programme included a stellar solo performance by the great Norwegian cellist, Truls Mørk.

Grammy-nominated Saxophionist Amy Dickson joins the Scottish Ensemble for an intense Russian-themed programme.

Sir James Galway supported by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, performs flawless Mozart flute concerto in D. Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway also delivers delightful Cimarosa in a historic performance. 

In an excellent performance, two Dutch masters wow their audience with Mendelssohn's romanticism in a concerto not often performed, with a German orchestra barely playing back-up.

Conductor Andrew Gourlay and pianist Alexandra Dariescu perform Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Beethoven with Royal Northern Sinfonia, but the overall result is disappointing.

Dundee is on the final shortlist for the UK City of Culture 2017, and the final bid was given a rousing send-off by a large crowd in Tay Square outside the Caird Hall on 30 September.

The Mariinsky Orchestra are great, because Valery Gergiev arranges a schedule that only the great could sustain. In the two weeks before they arrived in Toronto, his musicians played six performances of Swan Lake in Berkeley, California. Then Gergiev took them back to St Petersburg (October 15–23) to play the operas Boris Godunov and Aida.

El concierto inaugural del 37 Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias ha estado protagonizado por el director Gustavo Dudamel y la Orquesta del Encuentro, en un programa que incluyó obras de Schönberg y Tchaikovsky.

La joven aun execelente formación Orquesta da Camera y la pianista Maria João Pires ofrecieron un concierto excelente lleno de bellos y comedidos momentos.

Programme en forme de patchwork à l'Auditorium de Lyon, où Leonard Slatkin propose au public un programme mêlant Haydn, Stravinsky, Tchaïkovski et Clyne pour la création de Sound and Fury.

Das Ostrobothian Chamber Orchester zeigt unter Oramo eine musikalische Kraft und Begeisterungsfähigkeit, die nicht viele Dirigenten aus einem Klangkörper holen können.

El barítono alemán Matthias Goerne y la Camerata Salzburg brindaron un recital sobresaliente en el que predominó la sutileza y la precisión.

La Munich Chamber Orchestra con el joven Eric Silberger como solista ofreció un recorrido variado y ameno; un viaje de ida y vuelta por las sonoridades barrocas, lejanas pero cómplices, de Piazzolla y Bach para llegar la desencantada tristeza de Barber y a la elegancia de Tchaikovsky.

Der zweiten Satz ist von fast überirdischer Schönheit—ein sehnsüchtiger, dennoch heiterer Blick ins Jenseits. Das funktioniert auch mit der Violine anstelle des Cellos  erstaunlich gut. 

Parce qu’il n’est pas du sérail, parce qu’il est vindicatif dans ses paroles comme dans sa musique, Lucas Debargue jouit depuis le Concours Tchaïkovski d’un impressionnant succès de tribune. Mais une fois passé le triomphe Gaspard, le choc Medtner, que reste-t-il ?