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LondonFrom the Alps to the Auvergne

BBC Proms
Tjøgersen, Canteloube, Strauss R.
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Louise Alder

KlostersRomantic Journey

© Sasha Gusov
Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Glazunov
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Edward Gardner; Boris Giltburg

KlostersTales of Love and Friendship

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Wagner, Mozart, Elgar
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; Edward Gardner; Veronika Eberle; Timothy Ridout

LondonTitle: Pekka Kuusisto, Ale Carr & Aurora Orchestra: Four Seasons

© Bard Gundersen
Shaw, Sibelius, Vivaldi
Aurora Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Pekka Kuusisto

LondonEdward Gardner conducts Britten’s War Requiem

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Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Natalya Romaniw; Allan Clayton; Benjamin Appl; London Philharmonic Choir

LondonJulia Fischer plays Brahms

© Sue Yang
Brahms, Tchaikovsky
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Julia Fischer
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Edward Gardner makes a distinctive debut at the Pittsburgh Symphony

Edward Gardner © Benjamin Ealovega
Edward Gardner’s Pittsburgh Symphony debut brings freshness and intensity to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, alongside a sparkling tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas.
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Edward Gardner: quietly impressive in Chicago

Edward Gardner conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra © Todd Rosenberg Photography
Peter Lieberson's Neruda Songs with the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato teem with subtle brilliances. 
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Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick

Stéphane Degout © Pete Woodhead
Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival. 
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Portraits and pictures from Ibragimova, Gardner and the LPO

Alina Ibragimova © Eva Vermandel
From Three Screaming Popes to Pictures at an Exhibition, a pair of works inspired by paintings frame a violin concerto by Béla Bartók at London's Southbank Centre. 
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Phoenix Lands: the London Philharmonic blazes with energy

Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Mark Allan (2025)
Edward Gardner’s Bacewicz, Martinů, Lutosławski and Janáček set the Royal Festival Hall ablaze. 
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Edward Gardner conducts an emotional L'Enfance du Christ in Utrecht

Edward Gardner conducts the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic © Harold de Smet

The Netherlands National Radio Choir and National Children's Choir amplify the emotional intensity of Berlioz's L’ Enfance du Christ at TivoliVredenburg. 

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AmsterdamSunday Morning Concerts: Grieg

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Grieg: Peer Gynt (Selection)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Ann-Helen Moen

AmsterdamSunday Morning Concerts: Elgar

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Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Truls Mørk
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Emotional rollercoaster: Oli Janes on Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra

Oli Janes © Hannah Fathers
Principal clarinettist with the CBSO, Oli Janes talks about the elegies, raucous dances and virtuoso fireworks of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, which the orchestra performs in April.

Willingness to take risks: Jesús Herrera joins the LPO

Jésus Herrera © Courtesy of London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic new Artistic Director talks of his enthusiasm for the orchestra's forthcoming ventures, both in London and in its travels across the South Coast.

Edward Gardner in fracas with Teatro San Carlo, claiming “mafia” links

Edward Gardner © Benjamin Ealovega
Describing the chorus of Teatro San Carlo being “made up of two rival mafia families”, the British conductor has drawn the ire of the Mayor of Naples.