Instrument: Oboe

At this year's Musikfest Berlin, Kirill Petrenko conducts his Berliner Philharmoniker in a devilishly intricate programme. 

Energetic commitment from the ACO at the Barbican, with precision and edge from Alexander Melnikov and Jeroen Berwaerts in an evening of darkness and light.

Martyn Brabbins and Claire Booth are among the Nash Ensemble's regular collaborators celebrating the group’s 60th Anniversary, marked by four world premieres.

Contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux joins Kent Nagano for a program featuring the premieres of boldly disparate compositions by Matthew Ricketts and Aziza Sadikova. 

The 94-year-old conductor inspires the Latvian National SO to incandescent heights in Sibelius and Strauss

Young countertenor Figuier gives an accomplished vocal performance, sometimes overpowered by the energy of Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques. Oboist Gilles Vanssons steals the show.