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“Beer and beard”: Barenboim’s ruminative Brahms with the Bolívars

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 17 January 2016
Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, Op.15
Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, Op.83
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Grooving with The Dude: the Bolívars make Bernstein and Falla dance
****1
Simón Bolívar Orchestra and Dudamel celebrate El Sistema
****1
An Edinburgh night to remember as Dudamel returns to the Simón Bolívar
*****
Dudamel conquers Barcelona with Beethoven
*****
Dudamel and the Bolívars: a “socks-on” kind of ensemble
***11
Cecilia Bartoli as Maria in Salzburg
***11
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