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Mediterranean heat: a scorching Daphnis et Chloé from Altinoglu and the LSO

By Mark Pullinger, 24 March 2017
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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 23 March 2017
Programme
Prokofiev, Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op.34
Shostakovich, Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, Op.107
Casals, El cant dels Ocells (Song of the Birds)
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé
Performers
Alain Altinoglu, Conductor
Gautier Capuçon, Cello
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
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Alain AltinogluCello Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, Op.107Daphnis et ChloéDmitri ShostakovichEl cant dels Ocells (Song of the Birds)Gautier CapuçonLondon Symphony ChorusLondon Symphony OrchestraMaurice RavelOverture on Hebrew Themes, Op.34 Pablo CasalsSergei Prokofiev
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.