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Myung-whun Chung and the Filarmonica della Scala soar in Brahms 2

By James Imam, 08 February 2018
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“the orchestra's syrupy lines broadened luxuriantly, like a lazy cat stretching on the sofa”
Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 5 February 2018
Programme
Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77
Brahms, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.73
Performers
Filarmonica della Scala
Myung-whun Chung, Conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, Violin
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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.