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Work: Symphony no. 9 in C major, "The Great", D.944

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ComposerSchubert, Franz (1797-1828)
PeriodRomantic
Year1825
Work typeOrchestral
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SeoulSusanna Mälkki conducts Schubert's "The Great"

© Jiyang Chen
Bartók, Schubert
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra; Susanna Mälkki; Pierre-Laurent Aimard

BambergSeason Opening

© Guillaume Megevand
Salonen, Prokofiev, Schubert
Bamberg Symphony; Jonathan Nott; Mao Fujita

Bad WörishofenGuest at Festival der Nationen

© Dovile Sermokas
Salonen, Prokofiev, Schubert
Bamberg Symphony; Jonathan Nott; Mao Fujita
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Sir Bryn Terfel charms Glasshouse audience in reimagined Schubert

Sir Bryn Terfel and the Royal Northern Sinfonia © Tynesight Photographic

Terfel’s charismatic account of Schubert songs orchestrated by a variety of composers, Sofia Gubaidulina’s meditation on his Impromtu and the composer’s own longest symphony make a varied and rewarding evening at The Glasshouse, Gateshead.  

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Graceful Schubert from The Hallé and Elena Schwarz

Faustine de Monès and Elena Schwarz © David Hughes | The Hallé
In her debut with the orchestra. Elena Schwarz conducts The Hallé in music by Britten, Unsuk Chin and Schubert. 
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War and Peace in Aix-en-Provence

Pierre Bleuse conducts the Orchestre du Festival Pablo Casals © Festival de Pâques 2025 | Caroline Doutre
Gautier Capuçon, Pierre Bleuse and the Orchestre du Festival Casals bring a devastating Shostakovich First Cello Concerto to Aix-en-Provence's Festival de Pâques. 
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StockholmAx plays Mozart

© Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Mozart, Schubert
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst; Emanuel Ax

La CoruñaGrande de Schubert con Dima Slobodeniouk

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Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia; Dima Slobodeniouk

HamburgHerbert Blomstedt | NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

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NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester; Herbert Blomstedt
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