Performer: Kristóf Baráti

Alexander Joel conducts The Hallé in Mahler's First Symphony and Korngold's “Hollywood” Violin Concerto. 

The Seattle Chamber Music Society presented an ambitious program with a distinguished ensemble of performers.

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

In this second Mariinsky concert Kristóf Baráti was a fine but miscast soloist in Stravinsky’s violin concerto, with rich narrative pickings from Rimsky-Korsakov and his illustrious pupil.

The second instalment of Valery Gergiev’s Prokofiev symphony-fest at the Cadogan Hall was something a mixed bag. 

 Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra gave a searching examination of Prokofiev's first three symphonies and the Violin Concerto no. 1, each half showing us the contrast between light and shade, airiness and density.