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The performance recalled Jos van Immerseel's remark that Beethoven’s music sounds less modern on the instruments of our time than it does on those of the early 19th century.

In an all-Russian programme, Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna Brugge show the nuts and bolts, but forget the music.

Historically informed Beethoven on period instruments in Sydney, but where was the interpretation? 

The Belgian period-instrument ensemble Anima Eterna Brugge deliver controlled but expressive performances of Beethoven's Symphonies 8 and 7 as part of a complete cycle in Sydney

In the acoustic wizardry that is Concertgebouw Brugge, Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna deliver a feast for the intellect, if not for the senses, in their exploration of the great Czech composers.