Performer: Guillaume Vincent

Palazzetto Bru Zane, spurred on by the zealous advocacy of conductor François-Xavier Roth, has turned to Saint-Saëns' very first opera, Le Timbre d'argent.

What a pleasure it was to see the effervescent Marc Minkowski conducting a programme of 20th-century French music with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. It was certainly a lively and well-thought-out concert, with Minkowski bringing all the clarity and detailed awareness of colour that he has bought to his performances of early music.

À Deauville, le Quatuor Hermès invitait le violoncelliste Yan Levionnois dans un mémorable Quintette de Schubert. Guillaume Vincent a livré une interprétation sensible de trois numéros des Années de pèlerinage de Liszt.