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Czech Phil provide Bohemian flair at MITO Milan

By James Imam, 19 September 2014
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“the Czech Philharmonic displayed a supreme flexibility”
Reviewed at Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan on 17 September 2014
Programme
Janáček, Sinfonietta, Op.60
Smetana, Má vlast (My Fatherland)
Dvořák, Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95
Performers
Czech Philharmonic
Jiří Bělohlávek, Conductor
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James Imam
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.