| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 8-Aug-2012 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 34: The BBC SO with Bychkov and the Labèques |
 We can never really know why Schubert left his Eighth Symphony unfinished, but that shouldn't stop us from playing such a wonderful piece of music. With its deathly still opening, turbulent central section and gentle slow movement, this symphony is one of Schubert's finest and most frequently performed works.
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| 21-May-2012 Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall | Unfinished Business: The Bamberg Symphony at Lincoln Center, Part Two |
 After an impressive Sunday afternoon of Webern, Schubert, and Brahms, the Bamberg Symphony outdid themselves Monday evening in repertoire by Beethoven and Ives, and another Schubert symphony. Christian Zacharias again joined Maestro Jonathan Nott, this time for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 4. They then concluded their appearance in Lincoln Center’s Great Performers Season with The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives and Schubert’s Symphony in B minor, “Unfinished”.
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| 16-Sep-2011 Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall | Bostridge brings Britten to Brussels |
 The poetry of Arthur Rimbaud was, to borrow a phrase from the 1960s, "way out there." His 1870s collection Les Illuminations inspired Benjamin Britten, who set a selection of the poems to music: the words are surreal, bizarre, sometimes erotic, always onomatopoeic and packed with interesting sounds. Britten's music brilliantly builds upon and amplifies Rimbaud's rhythms, phrasing and imagery, producing a potent and fascinating. It's an awful pun, but it's fair to say that Britten's music illuminates Rimbaud's poetry.
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