Venue: Philharmonie, Berlin

One of the leading events of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Festtage, Jérémie Rhorer's interpretation of the Missa solemnis is a monument to the composer... but its marble is not always too cleanly carved.

Handel's oratorio Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno receives its first-ever performance at Berlin's Philharmonie, proving that in the hands of Emmanuelle Haïm beauty can indeed defeat time. 

Two forces of nature meet when Esa-Pekka Salonen and Olivier Latry share the stage for the German premiere of Salonen's own Organ Concerto, with a programme that also includes incandescent Bartók.

Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his debut with the Berlin Phil in John Adams' fiendish Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?.

All vestiges of age-related considerations evaporate as Herbert Blomstedt conducts Schubert and Beethoven in Berlin's Philharmonie.

British composer Thomas Adès conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in a custom-made programme, also featuring Pekka Kuusisto's hypnotic violin-playing.

On the third night of the Musikfest Berlin, Enno Poppe conducts Ensemble Modern in a double-feature concert that explores the potential of sound.

The world premiere of Erkki-Sven Tüür's Flute Concerto, written for Berliner Philharmoniker principal Emmanuel Pahud, is the main dish in Järvi's three-course programme.