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Moving and mysterious: Collon conducts Shostakovich 15 in Dublin

By Andrew Larkin, 27 November 2016
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“silky lyricism and exciting bravura”
Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 25 November 2016
Programme
Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major, for cello and orchestra, Op.33
Bach, Cello suite no. 1 in G major, BWV1007: Sarabande
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 15 in A major, Op.141
Performers
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Andreas Brantelid, Cello
Nicholas Collon, Conductor
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Andreas BrantelidCello suite no. 1 in G major, BWV1007: SarabandeDmitri ShostakovichFantasia on a Theme by Thomas TallisJohann Sebastian BachNational Symphony Orchestra IrelandNicholas CollonPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRalph Vaughan WilliamsSymphony no. 15 in A major, Op.141Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major, for cello and orchestra, Op.33
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Andrew Larkin
Andrew Larkin
Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.