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Casken: Apollinaire's Bird for Oboe and Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder © Simon Dodd
Manchester

Birdsong from the trenches: powerful performances from the Hallé

By Peter Connors, 07 April 2016
A superb concert from the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder included John Casken's 2014 oboe concerto Apollinaire's Bird, a rare piece by Elgar and Vaughan Williams' powerful Fourth Symphony. 
*****
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Mark Elder © Simon Dodd
Manchester

The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder: Shostakovich, Casken and Weill

By Rohan Shotton, 10 April 2014
Stéphane Rancourt gives the world première of John Casken's Apollinaire's Bird alongside brilliant Shostakovich and Weill. 
****1
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