Work: Candide: Overture

Between gigs at Wembley as Coldplay’s support act, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra brings its distinctive brand of infectious music-making to the Southbank.

****1

Precision and passion in music from stage and screen at Symphony Hall

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Simon Cummings, 23 May

Fabien Gabel and the CBSO deliver exhilaration and emotion in works by Bernstein and Weill, joined by Colin Currie for Danny Elfman’s generic Percussion Concerto.

****1

Johan Dalene triumphs in Barber's Violin Concerto at the BBC Proms

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Alexander Hall, 26 Jul

Jordan de Souza conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra fails to set our reviewer's heart racing, but the young Swedish violinist John Dalene most certainly does.

***11

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Miami BeachDenève, Thibaudet, Bernstein & Gershwin

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On demand from New World Center, Miami Beach, Sat 2 May at 20:00, From 02 May 20:00
to 02 Jun 23:59

Bernstein, Gershwin

New World Symphony; Stéphane Denève; Jean-Yves Thibaudet

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On demand from Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, No time limit

Gershwin, Jenkins, Vivaldi, Fontaine, Bernstein, Daft Punk, Brahms, Legrand, Ravel

Orchestre d'Harmonie de la Garde Républicaine; Bastien Stil; Philippe Leconte; Carlos Ferreira; Florent Héau; Éric Baret

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