Saisoneröffnung der Wiener Philharmoniker – Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein – Opening of 2026-27 Season: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Lutosławski, Debussy and Sibelius. Live relay on Österreich 1 [oe1.ORF.at].

Saisoneröffnung der Wiener Philharmoniker – Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein – Opening of 2026-27 Season: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Lutosławski, Debussy and Sibelius. Live relay on Österreich 1 [oe1.ORF.at].

Sep 27, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Witold Lutosławski (1913-94) Sunday, September 27, 2026 Golden Hall, Musikverein, Vienna Not an obvious Vienna Philharmonic programme, if an enticing choice of repertoire, this Sunday-morning concert, the third of five outings for it, went like a charm....
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Bavarian Radio Chorus – Opening of 2026-27 Season: Simon Rattle conducts J. S. Bach’s cantata ‘O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort’ & Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Ninth Symphony. Live on BR-Klassik.

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Bavarian Radio Chorus – Opening of 2026-27 Season: Simon Rattle conducts J. S. Bach’s cantata ‘O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort’ & Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Ninth Symphony. Live on BR-Klassik.

Sep 25, 2026 | Concert Reviews

BR photo from rehearsals Friday, September 25, 2026 Herkulessaal, Munich This Bach/Beethoven pairing was given last night at this venue as a “Charity concert to benefit the Stiftung Lichtblick Kinder- und Jugendhilfe” and tomorrow travels to Passau....
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Helsinki Music Centre Choir with tenor Mihails Čuļpajevs – Hannu Lintu conducts Szymanowski’s Symphony No.3 (‘Song of the Night’) and Liszt’s A Faust Symphony. Live Yle Areena webcast.

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Helsinki Music Centre Choir with tenor Mihails Čuļpajevs – Hannu Lintu conducts Szymanowski’s Symphony No.3 (‘Song of the Night’) and Liszt’s A Faust Symphony. Live Yle Areena webcast.

Sep 24, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Videos

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Concert Hall, Helsinki Music Centre, Mannerheimintie 13 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland The ambition alone of pairing these two works – Symphonies by name if not in nature – is noteworthy in itself. Even more laudable was the...
Berliner Philharmoniker – Sir Simon Rattle conducts El sombrero de tres picos/The Three-Cornered Hat, Taras Bulba, and Dominik Wollenweber plays Cathy Milliken’s why feather yellow (concerto for cor anglais). Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Berliner Philharmoniker – Sir Simon Rattle conducts El sombrero de tres picos/The Three-Cornered Hat, Taras Bulba, and Dominik Wollenweber plays Cathy Milliken’s why feather yellow (concerto for cor anglais). Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Sep 20, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Videos

Saturday, September 19, 2026 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Think of starring roles for the cor anglais (English horn in the States), probably the first to mind is the Largo from Dvořák’s Symphony ‘From the New World’, or...
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Elim Chan conducts American Suite, Overture, Petrushka, and Claire de Sévigné performs Puzzles and Games from Alice in Wonderland. Live Yle Areena webcast.

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Elim Chan conducts American Suite, Overture, Petrushka, and Claire de Sévigné performs Puzzles and Games from Alice in Wonderland. Live Yle Areena webcast.

Sep 18, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Videos

Claire de Sévigné Friday, September 18, 2026 Concert Hall, Helsinki Music Centre, Mannerheimintie 13 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland A week ago the FRSO opened its 2026-27 season with Nicholas Collon conducting Szymanowski, Gubaidulina and Prokofiev, which I missed,...