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When plotting out his first season as Minnesota Orchestra music director, Thomas Søndergård decided to focus his winter visit on two countries: Russia and England. After celebrating the new year with ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Baiba Skride, Violin Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor Double Concerto for Violin and Viola Baiba Skride, Violin Ivan Vukčević, Viola Vienna ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the time of his death Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto was a relative rarity, whether in concerts or ...

Simon Rattle's farewell concert with the London Symphony Orchestra was, of course, Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the farewell of all farewells. But on a happier note, Rattle led a performance of Benjamin ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook In back-to-back programs, the orchestra presented concertos by Beethoven and Benjamin Britten. By Oussama Zahr The violin concertos ...