Event listing: Dresden Philharmonic | Bridgewater Hall | Tue 23 Oct 2012 at 19:30

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Bridgewater Hall Manchester, North-West, M2 3WS, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)	Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B flat major, Op.56a
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)	Violin Concerto, Op.14
Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)	Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95

Performers

Dresden Philharmonic
Michael Sanderling	Conductor
Sarah Chang	Violin

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The Dresden Philharmonic brought classy Brahms, Barber and Dvořák to Manchester as part of their UK tour in a forward-looking programme of musical new beginnings. If incisive thrust was occasionally lacking, they more than compensated with elegance all evening.

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