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A jazzy offering: Riccardo Chailly explores new repertoire with the Filarmonica della Scala

By James Imam, 02 February 2017
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“The concerto work had an explosive quality in the hands of pianist Beatrice Rana”
Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 30 January 2017
Programme
Shostakovich, Suite for Jazz Orchestra no. 1, Op.38a
Boccadoro, Piano Concerto (World première)
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 12 in D minor "The Year 1917," Op.112
Performers
Filarmonica della Scala
Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
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James Imam
James Imam
James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.