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Reporting from FRSO season finale under Nicholas Collon, featuring Hans Abrahamsen’s exquisite Horn Concerto (2018-19) for Stefan Dohr as its centerpiece, framed by Webern’s intricate Six Pieces, op. 6 (1909/1928) and a formidable Mahler 1 (1884-88/1889-1910). #adventuresinmusic

Hans Abrahamsen’s Horn Concerto for Stefan Dohr highlights the FRSO season finale

Hans Abrahamsen onstage with Stefan Dohr, Nicholas Collon and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra after Friday’s performance of his Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (2018-19) © Jari Kallio Ro…

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Reporting from Aviva Studios, terrific UK premieres of Jessie Montgomery’s Chemiluminence (2025) and Samuel Adams’s No Such Spring (2021-22) by Conor Hanick, BBC Philharmonic and Ludovic Morlot, alongside a roaring take on Stravinsky’s Sacre. #adventuresinmusic

Two pristine UK premieres and a roaring Sacre by the BBC Philharmonic and Ludovic Morlot at Aviva Studios

Conor Hanick performing Samuel Adams’s No Such Spring (2021-22) for orchestra and piano with the BBC Philharmonic under Ludovic Morlot upon its UK premiere. © Shirlaine Forrest Making their F…

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One more look at Lucerne Festival Pulse 2026, the Danish String Quartet performs Bach, Stravinsky and Beethoven. #adventuresinmusic

It must be! – Danish String Quartet performs Bach, Stravinsky and Beethoven at Lucerne Festival Pulse

Danish String Quartet in performance at Lucerne Festival Pulse 2026. © Patrick Hurlimann / Lucerne Festival Demonstrating the art of programming at its finest, the Danish String Quartet made two ch…

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Reporting from Barbican Centre, Roberto Gerhard’s awe-inspiring Symphony No. 3 (’Collages’) (1960) revived by the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, alongside Lucy Crowe’s sublime reading of Four Last Songs, followed by a formidable take on Mahler Fourth. #adventuresinmusic

Roberto Gerhard’s symphonic collages revived by the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO in Roberto Gerhard’s Symphony No. 3 Collages (1960). © Mark Allan Witnessing the sun blazing out through a sea of clouds like 10,000 trumpets on an air fli…

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Reporting from Temple Church, Gabrieli Consort & Players and Paul McCreesh recreate their 1595 Venetian Coronation masterpiece with splendor and magnificence. #adventuresinmusic

Gabrieli Consort & Players and Paul McCreesh recreate the 1595 Venetian Coronation at Temple Church

Paul McCreesh conducting Gabrieli Consort & Players in A Venetian Coronation 1595. © Lucie Bolzan Mustered at Temple Church under Artistic Director Paul McCreesh on Tuesday, the all-male line-u…

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Looking back at Lucerne Festival Pulse 2026, curated by Víkingur Ólafsson; exporations of time and space with Mahler Chamber Orchesta under Thomas Adès, feat. Ligeti Poème Symphonique, Ravel Piano Concerto, Kurtág …quasi una fantasia… Pärt Credo and Adès’s America - A Prophecy. #adventuresinmusic

Explorations of time and space with Víkingur Ólafsson, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Thomas Adès at Lucerne Festival Pulse

Víkingur Ólafsson in performance with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Thomas Adès at Lucerne Festival Pulse 2026. © Patrick Hurlimann / Lucerne Festival Teaming up with the Mahler Chamber Orchestr…

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Reporting from Lucerne Festival Pulse 2026, Víkingur Ólafsson and Danish String Quartet celebrate Morton Feldman with the marvelous shimmer of his epic Piano and String Quartet (1985) at KKL Luzern. #adventuresinmusic

Time Undisturbed – Víkingur Ólafsson and the Danish String Quartet play Morton Feldman at Lucerne Festival Pulse

Víkingur Ólafsson and the Danish String Quartet performing Morton Feldman’s Piano and String Quartet (1985) at Lucerne Festival Pulse 2026. © Patrick Hurlimann / Lucerne Festival “My music is…

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Looking back at Thomas Adès’s insprired recital program at Hallé St Peter's, encompassing sonatas variations and pianistic miniatures by Haydn, Janáček, Stravinsky, Bartók, Beethoven, Kurtág and Adés himself #adventuresinmusic

An insightful afternoon of sonatas and variations with Thomas Adès at Hallé St Peters

Thomas Adès performing at Hallé St Peters. © Jari Kallio Following his concert with the Hallé on April 23rd, Thomas Adès took the stage at Hallé St Peters for a Friday afternoon recital featuring a…

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Lieux retrouvés - Thomas Adès and the Hallé play Ives, Kurtág, Adès and Debussy with Nicolas Altstaedt and Dénes Várjon. Looking back at last week’s extraordinary concert at the Bridgewater Hall. #adventuresinmusic

Lieux retrouvés – Thomas Adès and the Hallé play Ives, Kurtág, Adès and Debussy with Nicolas Altstaedt and Dénes Várjon

Thomas Adès conducting the Hallé in his Lieux retrouvés (2009/2016) for cello and small orchestra with Nicolas Altstaedt as soloist. © Sharyn Bellemakers / The Hallé Reunited with the Hallé, Thomas…

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Reporting from Palais Garnier, Another look at Satyagraha - formidable re-reading of the Philip Glass classic at Opéra national de Paris. #adventuresinmusic

Another look at Satyagraha – formidable re-reading of the Philip Glass classic at Opéra national de Paris

Philip Glass’s Satyagraha (1979-80) at Opéra national de Paris, directed by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber. © Yonathan Kellerman / Opéra national de Paris Unveiled at Palais Garnier, the n…

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Reporting from the Finnish premieres of Nico Muhly’s Shrink (2019) and An Archive in Three Parts (2025) by the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and Hugo Ticciati, heard alonside Philip Glass Symphony No. 3 (1995), with arrangements of Nirvana and Purcell embedded. #adventuresinmusic

From Nico Muhly to Nirvana with the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra and Hugo Ticciati

Hugo Ticciati and the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra after the Finnish premiere of Nico Muhly’s Shrink (2019) at Snellman Hall. © Jari Kallio In Kokkola, Finland, violinist and conductor Hug…

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Reflecting Maundy Thursday’s very special performance of Sir Edward Elgar’s magnum opus The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38 (1900) by Benjamin Hulett, tenor, Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano, Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone, and the Tampere Philharmonic & Choir under Matthew Halls. #adventuresinmusic

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam – The Dream of Gerontius receives its first Tampere performance

The Tampere Philharmonic and Choir with Chief Conductor Matthew Halls, Benjamin Hulett, tenor, Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano, and Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone after Maundy Thursday&#8…

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And on the non-Easter playlist we have Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s terrific piano concerto ’Resposes. Sweet disorder and the carefully careless’ (2013-14). #adventuresinmusic classical.music.apple.com/fi/album/147...

Looking back at the poweful 🇫🇮 premiere of Daníel Bjarnason’s compelling orchestral trilogy I Want to Be Alive (2023-25) with the composer conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic, coupled with Leila Josefowicz’s fiery take on Szymanowski’s II. Concerto (1932-33). #adventuresinmusic

A powerful Finnish premiere of Daníel Bjarnason’s orchestral trilogy I Want to Be Alive with the composer conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic

Daníel Bjarnason and the Helsinki Philharmonic rehearsing I Want to Be Alive (2023-25) ahead of the Finnish premiere performance at the Helsinki Music Centre. © Jari Kallio Unveiled upon its spellb…

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Thomas Malesys @tmalesys.bsky.social · 4mo ago

21 timpani for Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts (1837) with the Finnish Radio Symphony and Nicholas Collon! 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

A concert I would have loved to attend!

Jari Kallio@jarikallio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Reporting from the Munich world premiere of Francisco Coll’s terrific new Piano Concerto (2025) by Kirill Gerstein and the BRSO, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, coupled with Roberto Gerhard’s Dances from Don Quixote, Francis Poulenc’s Les Biches Suite and Claude Debussy’s La Mer. #adventuresinmusic

Francisco Coll’s terrific new Piano Concerto unveiled by Kirill Gerstein, the BRSO and Sir Simon Rattle

Francisco Coll onstage with Kirill Gerstein, Sir Simon Rattle and the BRSO after the world premiere of the Piano Concerto (2025) at the Herkulessaal on Thursday. © BR – Astrid Ackermann Cases in po…

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Reporting from the Helsinki Music Centre, John Williams’s exquisite Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (2009) gets its second-ever staging from Antoine Tamestit, the Helsinki Phil and Caleb Young, coupled with Bernstein Candide Overture (1956) and Shostakovich Symphony 9 (1945). #adventuresinmusic

A dream come true – John Williams’s Viola Concerto staged by Antoine Tamestit, the Helsinki Philharmonic and Caleb Young

Antoine Tamestit onstage with Caleb Young and the Helsinki Philharmonic after the European premiere of John Williams’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (2009) on Friday. © Jari Kallio A verit…

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Looking back at last week’s lifetime performances of Brahms’s Schicksalslied (1868-71), Nänie (1880-81) and the Fourth Symphony (1884-85) with Herbert Blomstedt conducting Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus. #adventuresinmusic

Brahms like no other – Herbert Blomstedt conducts the Boston Symphony and Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Herbert Blomstedt conducting Brahms with the Boston Symphony at the Symphony Hall. © Michael J. Lutch, courtesy of the BSO There is such unique organicity in music-making under Herbert Blomstedt, t…

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A throwback to last week’s top-tier Stravinsky, Gershwin and Milhaud triple-bill with the Chicago Symphony and Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä. [full review below] #adventuresinmusic

Terrific 20th century triple-bill with the Chicago Symphony and Klaus Mäkelä

Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä conducting the Chicago Symphony. © Todd Rosenberg Photography Presenting a splendid program of early 20th century masterstrokes, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra…

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Reporting from Disney Hall, the LA Phil and Gustavo Dudamel revisit Thomas Adès’s imposing 45-minute ballet Inferno (2019) in jaw-dropping performances, coupled with their invigorating reading of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony (1802-08). #adventuresinmusic

Inferno in paradise – Adès’s imposing ballet score revisited by the LA Phil and Dudamel

Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Phil in Ludwig van Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony (1802-08) and Thomas Adès’s Inferno (2019) last week at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. ©…

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Reporting from Walt Disney Concert Hall, Gabriela Ortiz’s astounding Revolución diamantina (2023) gets its poignantly virtuosic balletic premiere from LA Phil, Los Angeles Master Chorale and Grupo Corpo, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. #adventuresinmusic

Gabriela Ortiz’s astounding Revolución diamantina poignantly staged by the LA Phil and Grupo Corpo

Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Phil and members of the LA Master Chorale in Gabriela Ortiz’s Revolución diamantina (2023) with Grupo Corpo. © Timothy Norris, provided courte…

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