Astoria Symphony Orchestra on a Sunday Afternoon

Sitting in the seats at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts auditorium in Astoria, the boisterous, catchy tunes of Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to West Side Story rang out. Crisp, clean, and excitedly performed, it was a great start to an evening of what Maestro Silas Nathaniel Huff called ‘Riffs and Dances’.

Sitting in the seats at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts auditorium in Astoria, the boisterous, catchy tunes of Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to West Side Story rang out. Crisp, clean, and excitedly performed, it was a great start to an evening of what Maestro Silas Nathaniel Huff called ‘Riffs and Dances’.

On a return visit to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Wilson shapes A London Symphony with melancholy sweep. 

Patriotic Sibelius and early Mendelssohn are served up at the Glasshouse in Gateshead. 

Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Phil on their latest European tour with the music of Elgar and Stravinsky. 

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.