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Die Klaviervirtuosin und der junge finnische Dirigentin werden den hohen Erwartungen des Abends leider nicht gerecht.

The concert opened with BBC newsreader Julia Somerville, summarising news from the year 1915 at an old-fashioned broadcasting desk complete with microphone. It was informative, and set the scene for this recital, one in a series of ‘time capsule’ concerts, solely featuring music composed in 1915 – including two of Debussy’s last chamber pieces.