Devastating Bruckner meets Janáček in Milan

By James Imam, 04 May 2015

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Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 2 May 2015

Janáček, Sinfonietta, Op.60

Bruckner, Symphony no. 7 in E major, WAB 107

Berliner Philharmoniker

Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor

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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.

Devastating Bruckner meets Janáček with the Berliner Philharmoniker's return to Milan