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L'Orchestre de chambre de Paris et Lars Vogt font une rentrée endiablée au Théâtre des Champs Elysées, avec un florilège de jeunes solistes parmi lesquels brillent Timothy Ridout et Marina Chiche.

Présenté par Marina Chiche et adressé plus particulièrement aux aînés de la ville, ce concert mulhousien est une belle réussite, alliant mise en place minutieuse et énergie expressive. 

À La Filature, l'ouverture de saison symphonique a fait honneur à Berlioz : la Symphonie fantastique et le monodrame lyrique Lélio ont fait l'objet d'un beau travail de la part du chef Jacques Lacombe.

Réjouissons nous : le concert de Noël du Philharmonique de Radio France est né.

Sir Antonio Pappano's skills as a communicator are clear, whether he's speaking or conducting, but it's the depth of the LSO's sound that impresses most as it launches its EIF residency.

Jamiel Devernay-Laurence's Ballet Nights series is growing rapidly in appeal, just one year after its launch. With ever more ambitious projects afoot and a packed Cadogan Hall, it's worth seeing.

Six talented finalists light up the final of the prestigious Norwegian singing competition

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and soloist Yo-Yo Ma stuck to the tried and true while ushering in a season "transformed and informed" by the pandemic's impact.

Unlike many of his peers at the concert grand, Grosvenor kept histrionics to a minimum as he plays a well-programmed London recital. 

Die Principals des Ensembles belegen Telemanns Wirkung und bescheren eine freudige Überraschung zu seinen Ehren.

French Baroque from a 20th-century perspective as well as the real deal with François Couperin's hommage to Jean-Baptiste Lully. 

A mixed performance from Bonn, but there was magic from Barenboim's fingers in the Third Piano Concerto.

Corelli and a triple-decker sandwich on the south coast, with three arias from Handel’s Messiah separated by two concertos from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

There was never any hint of over-sentimentality in the playing of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's artist-in-residence. 

Trying to rekindle the public’s interest for a rarely played work, Salonen and his collaborators took an unusual approach.

Lightness of touch and attention to detail from Benedetti, and tight ensemble and grace from Kuusisto and the Philharmonia in the Second Symphony.

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra offers sweeping early Beethoven and a 250th birthday tribute by Magnus Lindberg.

Directed by Gerard McBurney, this concert recreated the marathon Akademie conducted by Beethoven in Vienna which saw the premieres of four major works. 

Marton Illés ist im Gegensatz zu Bruno Maderna ein vollkommen unpolitischer Komponist, für den es nur eine Art von Musikhören gibt: den Genuss von Klangenergie.

Works by Still and Ellington make their welcome appearance at Disney Hall, but the presentation left a bit to be desired. 

Two world premieres from Mark Bowden and Colin Matthews breath life into the Southbank's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

A remarkable feat of memorisation – a whole orchestra and no music! – made for an illuminating and exciting introduction to the Soviet composer's “victory” symphony.

Experiments in music and ideas brought together by the London Sinfonietta and guests at a special concert all about space and time.

High wire Beethoven from Nicolas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra, truly live in every sense, with an entertaining deconstructed introduction from Collon with Tom Service.

Give Larissa Savaliev full credit for all the work she’s put into this over the years. YAGP is and will continue to be the number one dance competition in the world.

Handel arias showcased by non-Handelian soprano and great ensemble Il pomo d'oro, with commentary by Donna Leon.

Music-making in the concentration camp at Theresienstadt/Terezín continues to fascinate, baffle and inspire us.

Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret – a witty, urbane valentine to the musical culture of Germany in the 1920s and 30s, from the opera house to the concert hall to Berlin’s revues and cabarets.

Nicholas Collon and his Aurora Orchestra remind us that classical music is still made by us, for us, in Rihm, Strauss and Mozart.

Here's a winning formula to pack a concert hall for a Saturday night organ recital: book one of the country's best-known actor-managers to front the evening, invest in televisual effects, and write a good script. 

A universal story of sufference and ‘the music of experience’.

Die Wiener Singakademie, die Wiener Symphoniker und Marc Minkowski auf den Spuren von Edvard Griegs selten gepielten Bühnenmusik zu Peer Gynt.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of José Serebrier concoct images of iconic movie scenes in audiences' minds in a concert of classic film scores. 

Music and words combined to recreate Jarvis Cocker's quirky radio programme Wireless Nights in this Prom with a distinctly watery theme.

The BBC Concert Orchestra and Sir David Attenborough explore the mysteries of life in the Life Story Prom.

The BBC Concert Orchestra and Barry Wordsworth were joined by Stile Antico, Jack Liebeck and Christine Rice in an exploration of the musical mind of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. 

Superb appearances from Stormzy and Wretch 32 were highlights of a well-constructed evening of grime from BBC Radio 1 Xtra, displaying the genre in all its troubled glory. 

An interminable evening of self-regarding narcissism doesn't bode well for the supposed future of classical music: luckily, other options are available. 

Pete Tong's Ibiza Prom was at once accessible and authentic, uncompromising in its commitment to the art of dance, rightly unapologetic and unabashed by its unfamiliar surroundings. Long may we continue.  

The world premiere of Naughty Boy's new track Runnin', featuring the superb Arrow Benjamin, made a high point in an otherwise gawky and under-rehearsed Prom programme from the BBC Asian Network. 

The BBC's Ten Pieces project culminates in a spectacular Proms event, some of it confusing for adults, but all well-received by the children.

Zum Auftakt von „Klassik am Odeonsplatz“ luden Julia Fischer und das Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks unter der Leitung von Pablo Heras-Casado zu einem Kurztrip nach Spanien ein

Tangos y milongas explicados e interpretados por tres grandes artistas en la última velada de los Viernes temáticos de la Fundación Juan March.

The renowned chamber ensemble from Berlin treat a young Royal Festival Hall audience to a dazzling around the world trip. 

In an innovative concert experience, John Adams curated a night of living composers to shine the spotlight on his favorite new works, answering the question: “Who’s on John Adams’ playlist?”

Hyde Park's Last Night of the Proms is a marathon specatcle, with highlights from Earth Wind and Fire, Rufus Wainwright and land lubbing ensemble The Fisherman's Friends.

This Late Night Prom put together a Battle of the Bands between two groups of musicains to represent the bands of Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Basie's and Ellington's bands never in fact battled it out in real life, so this showcased what might have been.

A kids’ TV format transferred to a Proms concert offered plenty of entertainment for the target audience, but precious little music.

This was the first time I've been to a concert with a 10:30 kick-off, but then this was the first of its kind. Nor did the inaugural Sport Prom turn out to be merely a game of two halves...