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Terror to solace: Bruckner 9 with Nelsons and the Philharmonia

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“Nelsons would lunge forward with arms outstretched to demand more of his timpanist and brass”
Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 22 January 2017
Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 27 in B flat major, K595
Bruckner, Symphony no. 9 in D minor, WAB 109
Andris Nelsons, Conductor
Paul Lewis, Piano
A Resurrection for the ages: Kent Nagano conducts the Philharmonia
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A brilliant UK premiere of John Adams’ After the Fall
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Renes replaces Runnicles in a remarkable Philharmonia Bruckner 8
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**111
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****1
Paavo Järvi and the Philharmonia: a debut and a swansong
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