Performer: Andrei Korobeinikov

If you're dreaming of a White Christmas, what better way to be guaranteed of snow than taking a trip to Russia with the BBC Symphony Orchestra?

As this visiting orchestra from Saxony reached the closing stages of their 2 week UK tour they still had some terrific commitment and punch to their sound.

It would be hard to count out every single thing that was Russian about this concert. The sounds of 19th-century Russia came to Colston Hall, as part of a big tour of the UK, with three giant Russian works and three encores, by all-Russian performers.The Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio is a big orchestra with around 100 instrumentalists.

Au côté d'un Orchestre des Pays de la Loire inspiré sous la baguette de son directeur musical Sascha Goetzel, le pianiste a livré une interprétation de référence du Premier Concerto de Tchaïkovski.

Du fameux trio de Beethoven aux lieder et aux sonates de Schubert, le premier week-end du Festival de la Grange de Meslay a proposé un cheminement admirable dans un répertoire en clair-obscur.

Sur les terres de Sviatoslav Richter, un ensemble de musiciens de valeur a interprété un programme habilement tressé, entre le Pierrot lunaire de Schönberg et des chansons de Kurt Weill.