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Troubled dreams from David Le Page and the Orchestra of the Swan

David Le Page's The Interpretation of Dreams did not, sadly, live up to the trailer. 
**111
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Helping put Salieri back on the map

The Orchestra of the Swan and David Curtis are on a mission to rescue the reputation of Mozart's alleged rival and tormentor.
***11
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Dramatic Shostakovich and tender Tchaikovsky

Being the resident band in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Orchestra of the Swan is having a busy time of it right now, in the lead-up to Shakespeare400. 
****1
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Raphael Wallfisch: the Czech connection

Two individually strong musical components met in this Czech field trip, but will they connect to form something new?
***11
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The silver chain of sound with Orchestra of the Swan and Tamsin Waley-Cohen

David Curtis displayed his usual deceptively effortless ease on the podium. Perhaps this felt like a handy warm-up for the marathon that he would run, hard on the heels of this concert, in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Orchestra of the Swan’s home territory.
****1
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A window on the Three Choirs Festival: Debussy, Tabakova and Fauré

After weeks of foul weather, this was more like it. Proper sunshine for a summer festival. Around Hereford Cathedral, watched over by a statue of Elgar draped in a fresh laurel wreath, Three Choirs Festival-goers enjoyed the warmth before venturing inside for equally sunny music. Even the yellow flowers framing the stage carried through the theme, setting off the golden centre-stage harp.
****1
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