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Internationally acclaimed conductor Simone Young is back home as chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony, hanging out with Cate Blanchett and a bit bored with the whole woman thing.

New recordings of Franck's Symphony in D minor, Nielsen's Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 and more

Review: Leeds Symphony Orchestra, Christmas Concert, St Chad’s, Headingley, Saturday 3rd December 2022

Ryman Healthcare’s Cameron Holland is a double-bass player of note, as well as playing keyboards and bass guitar. He answers our Time Out Q&A.

The classical world has been championing Black composers Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, but the L.A. Phil goes further.

After a three-years hiatus, the orchestra returns to New York, with violinist Gil Shaham playing Tchaikovskys Violin Concerto before an assured Prokofiev Fifth Symphony.

The violinist was an artistic partner with the SPCO earlier in his career from 2004-2007.

The concert, which also features works by African American composers, will be on Saturday, November 12 at the Lucas Theatre in downtown Savannah.

A survey of Walter’s recorded output is fascinating for the ways in which it reveals him reinventing the traditions he was seen to represent.

The performance will include Israeli composer Paul Ben-Haim’s First Symphony and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.