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Ambiance particulière à l'Auditorium de Lyon où en plein conflit social à Radio France s'est tenu un concert de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France avec Philippe Herreweghe.

Roberto Forés Veses dirige l'Orchestre National d'Auvergne dans une Nuit transfigurée de Schönberg toute en tension, après un vif Concerto pour violoncelle n° 2 de Haydn sous l'archet d'Edgar Moreau.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s former Chief Conductor returns for a concert of mostly Russian repertoire.

La visita de Juanjo Mena a la Orquesta Nacional de España, donde es bien conocido y querido, fue notable en su conjunto, corroborando el excelente nivel de la formación.

Brinton Averil Smith, the Symphony's principal cello, approached Haydn's D major Concerto with bold courage and passionate, if inconsistently manufactured, strokes.

The Atlanta Symphony manages to keep live performance flourishing under the current unprecedented circumstances.

This was a most impressive showing from the orchestra and conductor in which the works of three influential composers given emotionally engrossing treatment.

A concert of remarkable clarity, turning the structural challenges of Haydn and Mahler into dramatic virtues.

Zurich’s Tonhalle audience enjoys a triple-bill programme of fine polyphonic music under the baton of Dutch conductor Ton Koopman.

Mischa Maisky, the de-facto romantic cellist, gave the Istanbul audience a triple treat of passionate cello playing in Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Bruch, but surprisingly enough he was in most uninhibited during the Haydn concerto.Mr Maisky’s vibrato is excessive, a trait inherited from his longtime teacher and mentor Gregor Piatigorsky, but it never gets in the way of music.

The programme for the closing concert of Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad had a familiar form: a late twentieth century concerto sandwiched between two classical pieces – a sure sign, if ever there was one, of a “difficult” work sugar-coated by material more palatable to a mainstream audience. But signs can be misleading, extremely so in this case.