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The BBC Philharmonic plays Elgar, Sibelius and a world premiere from Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

The Icelandic composer’s distinctive voice was paired with Sibelius full of bold gestures and striking colours, but cellist Kian Soltani’s Elgar felt a little too genteel

Philadelphia Orchestra and music director Yannick Nezet-Seguin gave Beethovens Fifth Symphony an astonishing account on Wednesday, bringing out shapes and colors hardly heard before.

A look at the Encuentros, a youth orchestra with players from 22 countries making its U.S. debut at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday with Gustavo Dudamel.

The orchestral concert will include an orchestral classic and the world premiere of a new work.

Ethel Smyth’s Concerto for Violin and Horn was deftly handled by the CBSO’s chief conductor designate Kazuki Yamada and soloists Elena Urioste and Ben Goldscheider

Review: Pianist Jon Kimura Parkers imaginative interpretation of Beethovens Third Piano Concerto was the evenings highlight.

Our classical music writers make their choices from 72 Proms. Classical music preview from theartsdesk

The Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House is finally ready to reopen, with a Live ABC broadcast.

Whether in works by Mahler, Mozart or Rossini, directors at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France evoke mass death and refugee crises.