A day in the life of the father of communism is full of laughs in Scottish Opera’s new production of Jonathan Dove’s buoyant farce. Elsewhere, notable house debuts at ENO, a Bruckner double bill and Rachmaninov to remember

Chart-topping Górecki becomes exquisite spectacle at ENO; Mahler’s Third is worth the wait; plus, the Finnish flourish of Klaus Mäkelä

Vasily Petrenko and the huge forces required for this choral symphony navigated the score with agility and conviction, but the dramatic connection remained elusive

New Royal Philharmonic music director Vasily Petrenko excelled in pacey but nuanced performances of Walton and Elgar, with violinist Ning Feng the dazzling soloist

Vasily Petrenko takes over at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – and pumps up the volume. And a new violin-piano duo make their mark

A streamed 20th-century programme of Hindemith, Stravinsky and Shostakovich showcased the edge and precision of Petrenko and his orchestra

Vasily Petrenko led a sometimes fierce survey of Grieg, Shostakovich and Strauss, with a closing flourish that sent shivers down the spine

Iain Bell’s elegant Aurora – in its world premiere performance – was sung with virtuosity by Romanian soprano Adela Zaharia, and Miah Persson brought refined sensuality to Strauss

Shostakovich ‘Lenin symphony’ was given a glitzy, tension-filled recital by Vasily Petrenko’s top-class orchestra before Leif Ove Andsnes demonstrated his delicacy

The Russian piano virtuoso occupied the spotlight without flaunting his brilliance, though Petrenko and the Liverpool orchestra could have brought more drama

Emily Howard’s scientific experiment Torus intrigued, exciting young pianist Teo Gheorghiu brought poetic introspection to Liszt, and Shostakovich was gloriously kitsch and unabashed

Vasily Petrenko brought fire and precision to Beethoven’s Ninth and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra played with fierce concentration

The premiere of Emily Howard’s concerto Torus, with its textural clarity and bold thematic gestures, demonstrated the high standards of orchestral playing

Vasily Petrenko brought authority and integrity to a programme that included Sibelius, Mahler, Schubert – and a nod to Norwegian pride

The LPO’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s tortured Manfred symphony was exceptional from start to finish; soloist August Hadelich dazzled in the same composer’s Violin Concerto

Alisa Weilerstein approached Schumann’s Cello Concerto with bold brilliance while Vasily Petrenko conducted Bartók with a village bandmaster’s gusto

Petrenko proved his status as a great Mahlerian with the Sixth symphony. Isabelle Faust was eloquent in Schumann’s Violin Concerto

Petrenko conducted a dauntless account of Sibelius’s First Symphony, but iffy programming wasted this concert’s second half