New Jersey Symphony and Susanna Mälkki in Strauss, Debussy and Messiaen

Por Alan Yu, 08 abril 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown el 7 abril 2013

Strauss R., Don Juan, poema sinfónico, op. 20

Debussy, Fantaisie, for piano and orchestra

Messiaen, Les Offrandes oubliées

Strauss R., Muerte y transfiguración, Op.24

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Susanna Mälkki, Dirección

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano

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Alan Yu

The first concert Alan attended was Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. For 7 years he presented classical music programmes for Radio Television Hong Kong, partly to pay his way through university. He attends concerts whenever he can and believes there is no substitute for the thrill of live performances. He writes here.