Simon Rattle continues his European travels, returning to the Philharmonie im Gasteig for a fine programme with the outstanding Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
While Kalle Randalu proves an amiable soloist in the First Piano Concerto, it is Beethoven the firebrand who startles in Paavo Järvi's account of the First Symphony with the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra.
Not only was this the first time that Klaus Mäkelä had conducted the Orchestre de Paris since his appointment as Music Director Designate, it was the first time audiences returned to the Philharmonie.
Martha Argerich hadn't played Chopin's Third Piano Sonata in public for at least 25 years... so this performance at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg came as a huge surprise.
A high-spirited programme in Tivoli Vredenburg that struck just the right note of hope and renewal as the classical music scene across Europe reawakens.
Two Michaels – Collins and McHale – provided the musical nourishment in today’s lunchtime recital from Wigmore Hall, a feast of classic clarinet sonatas.
Dans le climat actuel où des milliers de spectacles ont été annulés et les salles de concert et opéras fermés, nous avons examiné le meilleur de ce qui est disponible en streaming dans le confort et la sécurité de votre domicile.
Directed by Gerard McBurney, this concert recreated the marathon Akademie conducted by Beethoven in Vienna which saw the premieres of four major works.
In its 25th anniversary season, Richard Eyre's production continues to attract the world's great sopranos to the role of Violetta, the latest being Aleksandra Kurzak.
Igor Stravinsky once described Sergei Rachmaninov as "a six-and-a-half foot scowl". His Second Symphony – often a lugubrious affair – was here turned into something urgent and vital.
An uplifting performance by the Swedish orchestra takes us on a journey from the Isle of Staffa to Bohemian forests via the Carpathian Mountains in the venue's Nature Unwrapped season.
