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The venerable Russian maestro and Conductor Laureate led the Philharmonia in an all-Russian programme with sensitive charm, youthful fire, and emotional range, with outstanding soloist Esther Yoo.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra and their Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski open their new series "Changing Faces: Stravinsky's Journey" in grand imperial style.

CBSO sparkled in the all Russian programme;  Tchaikovsky' Fifth and the Glazunov Violin Concerto brilliantly delivered, full of oustanding individual performances.

JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony deliver a poetic and powerful Mahler Fifth Symphony, plus a Glazunov Violin Concerto that positively sparkled.

The concertmasters of America's top orchestras rival the talents of the world's greatest violinists.  This was proven again in BSO leader Jonathan Carney's thrilling performance of Glazunov's Violin Concerto.

This evening’s programme could have been designed to play to Valery Gergiev's strengths in Russian repertoire… yet also displayed characteristic flaws.

Compelling offerings from Petrenko with the RLPO in romantic works, while Ning Feng dazzles with his poetry and extraordinary tone. 

In a pioneering development, the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland have added a new orchestra to its family which now encompasses eight playing groups. There are now three orchestras providing a full development pathway for talented players aged 8 to 25, starting with the Junior Orchestra, through the new Senior Orchestra and culminating in the flagship National Youth Orchestra of Scotland.

The opening of a brand new concert hall is an incredibly proud event. Community supporters, local celebrities, media representatives and private donors flock to the premiere concert in tuxedos and limousines, doing their best to highlight the importance of such an occasion. More important and certainly more telling, however, is the first concert open to the general public.