Work: Berenice, che fai, Hob XXIVa:10, cantata for soprano & orchestra

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s latest concert, tipped for European touring next year, fails to convince.

Giovanni Antonini's colorful work with the Czech Philharmonic brightens a fervent performance by Magdalena Kožená.

Sometimes the programme just feels right: a dramatic cantata by Haydn, a “pantomime grotesque” by Bartók and Mahler's Fourth Symphony. Colour and contrasts galore from soloist, conductor and orchestra.