Brussels Philharmonic, joined by the former Music Director of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi and soprano Susan Gritton, give a performance of Strauss’ Four Last Songs. The piece, often quoted as his epitaph, is full of orchestral colour, radiant lyricism and Strauss’ life-long love affair with the soprano voice.
Polish soprano Aga Mikolaj, former member of Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper and who studied with the late Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, has built her reputation on Mozart’s leading ladies. Having now amassed a wide and varied repertoire including principal roles by Richard Strauss, Verdi and Wagner, she has gone on to enjoy operatic success throughout Europe as well as in the USA and Japan.
To end the evening, the orchestra plays Mahler’s ebullient Symphony No. 4. The symphony, described as Mahler’s sunniest, is full of expressive orchestral detail and glorious melodies.
Ravel's jazzy Piano Concerto with chart-topping pianist Alice Sara Ott, and Stravinsky's sensational The Rite of Spring, under the baton of Dennis Russell Davies.
The celebrated Russian pianist performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9. Holst's spectacular orchestral suite The Planets completes the programme conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.
Michael Sanderling conducts Rachmaninov's sumptuous Piano Concerto No. 1 with award-winning Russian pianist Andrei Korobeinikov, followed by Brahms' pathos-filled Fourth Symphony with its thunderous...
The acclaimed Maestro Valery Gergiev conducts the winners of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition accompanied by this outstanding Russian orchestra.
One of Belgium’s most distinguished orchestras presents a unique programme weaving music, poetry and human responses to war, including music by Elgar, Debussy and Ibert.
The distinguished Belgian orchestra's second concert presents music written for or about Napoleon including Beethoven's Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra, and works by Berlioz, Lesueur...
Beethoven's wonderful Violin Concerto, with soloist Chloë Hanslip, and Dvořák's Ninth Symphony 'From the New World', one of the most popular symphonies of all time.
The great Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Prokofiev's 'Classical' and Mendelssohn's 'Italian' symphonies, and Tchaikovsky's virtuosic Rococo Variations, with cellist Alexey Stadler.
Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 with renowned pianist Nikolai Demidenko and Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony, under the baton of Jan Latham-Koenig. Mozart's Overture to Don Giovanni opens the concert.
Celebrating its centenary, the orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, with violin virtuoso Henning Kraggerud, and Shostakovich's hugely popular Fifth Symphony. Excerpts from Grieg's Lyric...
*We regret to announce that the Dallas Symphony Orchestra has cancelled its UK 2016 tour due to circumstances beyond our control and this performance is cancelled.*
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Closely associated with the music of Anton Bruckner, the Orchestra performs the composer's dramatic Sixth Symphony preceded by Mozart's sunny Piano Concerto No. 23, with Melvyn Tan as soloist. Dennis...
Dennis Russell Davies conducts Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 and Philip Glass' Ninth Symphony, highly regarded by critics and dsecribed as 'a significant symphony by America’s most significant...
Pavel Kogan directs Prokofiev's energetic Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist John Lill, and Rachmaninov's hauntingly beautiful Symphony No. 2. Stephen Johnson's suite based on the classic novel by...
Barry Douglas performs Schumann's lyrical and joyful Piano Concerto, framed by Franck's Symphony with its magnificent finale and Fauré's last orchestral composition, the elegant Masques et...
