Performer: Wayne Marshall

The National Youth Orchestra of Germany end their UK tour in Edinburgh with playing of Technicolor brilliance and fearless confidence. 

This programme offered the chance to delve into some of the top composers from the US: Barber, Gershwin and Copland. Wayne Marshall proved a solid presence in Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F. 

The Ukrainian-Finnish conductor finds fresh insight in Sibelius' Fifth Symphony and introduces local audiences to the living Swedish composer Andrea Tarrodi.

Seattle audiences welcomed Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison to Benaroya Hall this past weekend with the west coast premiere of his work, What Do We Make of Bach? for orchestra and obbligato organ.

Celebrating Youth, Music and Education in Roof-Raising Style: Ten Pieces Secondary comes to the BBC Proms 

Berlin's Candide is a tour-de-force of dramatic, comic and musical brilliance.