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Antwerp Symphony opens Bruges season with magical Weber and exciting Schumann

Philippe Herreweghe conducts the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
© Vincent Callot
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
© Vincent Callot
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“the sound in its crisp acoustic is tight and brilliantly focused”
Reviewed at Concertgebouw Brugge: Concert Hall, Bruges on 11 October 2025
Weber, Oberon: Overture
Schumann, Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129
Schumann, Symphony no. 2 in C major, Op.61
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Cello
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor
Brilliant Szymanowski from Christian Tetzlaff and the Antwerp SO
***11
Speaking truth to power: Jaap van Zweden conducts Shostakovich
*****
Elder and Elgar: riveting Enigma Variations from Sir Mark in Antwerp
*****
Philippe Herreweghe conducts an energetic Mozart Requiem in Antwerp
****1
Jaap van Zweden welcomed back in Antwerp
****1
All-Russian Sunday matinee double bill from Elim Chan in Antwerp
***11
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