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LondonBeethoven’s Ninth

BBC Proms
Bach, Montgomery, Beethoven
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda; Abel Selaocoe; Leah Hawkins; Stephanie Wake-Edwards; Martin Muehle

LondonUkrainian Freedom Orchestra

Barbican
Verdi, Frolyak
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra; Keri-Lynn Wilson; Ailyn Pérez; Natalie Lewis; René Barbera; Soloman Howard

ParisLes Siècles

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Arancio, Bernstein, Dvořák
Les Siècles; Pierre Bleuse; Rachel Willis-Sørensen; Judith Pisar; Leah Pisar; Philharmonia Chorus

LondonMahler "Resurrection"

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Pärt, Mahler
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vasily Petrenko; Miah Persson; Beth Taylor; Philharmonia Chorus

LondonRavel Daphnis et Chloé

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Strauss R., Ravel
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vasily Petrenko; Abigail Fenna; Johannes Moser; Philharmonia Chorus
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A Resurrection for the ages: Kent Nagano conducts the Philharmonia

Kent Nagano © Antoine Saito
Any performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony is an event, but this mighty Philharmonia account at the Royal Festival Hall proves extra special. 
*****
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A brilliant UK premiere of John Adams’ After the Fall

The Philharmonia © Philharmonia Orchestra | Marc Gascoigne
The Icelandic pianist and Finnish conductor make a superb case for John Adams' latest concerto; the Philharmonia play Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé strongly but don't convince completely.
****1
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Oh To Believe in Another World: Shostakovich and Stalin on film

Oh To Believe in Another World © Pete Woodhead
William Kentridge's film, a patchwork collage depicting Shostakovich's complicated relationship with Stalin, is played as film score to his Tenth Symphony at the Southbank's genre-crossing Multitudes festival. 
***11
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Riccardo Muti makes his long-awaited Philharmonia return

Riccardo Muti conducts the Philharmonia © Philharmonia Orchestra | Mark Allan
All the hallmarks of a Muti performance are on display as the maestro returns to conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra in a magnificent reading of Verdi's Requiem. 
****1
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Handel's Messiah overpowered by massed forces at the Proms

Messiah at the BBC Proms Choral Day © BBC | Andy Paradise
Massed choral forces, a strong solo line up and expanded orchestral forces overpower Handel at the end of the BBC Proms Choral Day.
***11
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Seeing double: Iolanta and The Nutcracker reunited

Vasily Petrenko © Andy Paradise
Tchaikovsky's final opera and ballet were always intended to be paired; at the Royal Albert Hall Petrenko and the RPO present them together in a rewarding double-bill, marred by microphones.
***11
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