Work: Lontano

Gustavo Gimeno leads the Toronto Symphony in a programme of absorbing musical abstraction and storytelling, let down by a banal new trombone concerto.

***11

Kantorow’s sensational Proms debut, stirring Shostakovich

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Christopher Woodley, 15 Aug

Alenandre Kantorow storms the Proms with an eloquent account of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. matched by a full-blooded Shostakovich 10 from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko.

*****

Guggeis brings sensitivity to Strauss at the Staatsoper Berlin

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Edward Sava-Segal, 06 May

A young conductor and a venerable orchestra unite in Berlin for three 20th-century works, covering vastly different soundscapes.

****1

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ParisBarbara Hannigan conducts Ligeti and Stravinsky

On demand from Maison de la Radio et de la Musique: Auditorium, Paris, Until 10 Oct 23:59

Ligeti, Stravinsky

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Guillemette Daboval; Chœur de Radio France; Barbara Hannigan

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With pipes, drums and fiddles: a Ligeti playlist

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Lawrence Dunn, 26 May

Born 100 years ago, the music of Hungarian composer György Ligeti is varied and multiplicitous, displaying a voracious curiosity and a multifaceted imagination.