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Taking flight from the Scala pit: Riccardo Chailly and the Filarmonica della Scala on tour

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“pizzicato playing... from big fat popcorn double bass plucks to tiny violin pinpricks”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 24 January 2018
Rossini, La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Grieg, Lyric Pieces: Erotik, Op.43 no.5
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36
Verdi, Les Vêpres siciliennes (I vespri siciliani): Overture
Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano
Filarmonica della Scala
Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
Viotti brings Italianate sunshine to Russian repertoire in Milan
****1
A high-energy season opener at Dvořák’s Prague
****1
Grafenegg Festival ends with bittersweet Strauss from Renée Fleming
*****
Magnificent Beethoven tribute from Chailly in Antwerp
*****
Lightweight Beethoven from Chailly and the Filarmonica della Scala
****1
Gardner and Levit invigorate the Filarmonica della Scala
****1
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