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Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony and his incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream are performed at Perth Concert Hall. 

Nicola Benedetti and the CBSO under Kazuki Yamada bring impressive levels of sensitivity and honesty to Dvořák’s New World Symphony and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.

Six decades after Charles Munch finished revamping the BSO’s sound, his shadow seems to smile benevolently on the current crop of musicians when playing French music.

Last minute step-in Noa Wildschut gives a thoughtful Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, before a thrilling Symphonie fantastique from the RSNO. 

Violinist and programmer Jennifer Koh finds a warm home in a black box theater in the small town of Ketchum, Idaho.

All three works were spirited, full of bravura and performed with panache and undisputed virtuosity.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra wraps up Perth Festival in style with a cheerful Mozart symphony and Nicola Bendetti revisiting Mendelssohn’s Violin concerto.

In polished and idiomatic performances, the London Philharmonic showcases the music of two short-lived composers and the father of the symphony.