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Moussa concerto lets down absorbing Toronto Symphony programme

Michelle Assay, 5th April

Gustavo Gimeno leads the Toronto Symphony in a programme of absorbing musical abstraction and storytelling, let down by a banal new trombone concerto.

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Ligeti, György (1923-2006)	Lontano
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)	Parsifal: Prélude
Moussa, Samy (n. 1984)	Concerto for trombone and orchestra, “Yericho” (North American premiere)
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)	Don Quichotte, Op.35

Gustavo Gimeno	Direction
Jörgen van Rijen	Trombone
Rémi Pelletier	Alto
Joseph Johnson	Violoncelle
Toronto Symphony Orchestra