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Bombshell Bruckner from Nelsons and the Philharmonia

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“Like the Thames bomb, the Fifth lay submerged and inert for years”
Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 19 January 2017
Bruckner, Symphony no. 5 in B flat major, WAB 105
Andris Nelsons, Conductor
Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia
*****
A Resurrection for the ages: Kent Nagano conducts the Philharmonia
*****
A brilliant UK premiere of John Adams’ After the Fall
****1
Renes replaces Runnicles in a remarkable Philharmonia Bruckner 8
****1
Karpman’s opera Balls tells a great story, but overshoots the line
**111
Giltburg and Foster celebrate the Philharmonia’s 80th birthday
****1
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