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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 13 January 2016
Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
Dutilleux, L'Arbre des songes, violin concerto
Delage, Quatre poèmes hindous
Dutilleux, Métaboles
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, Violin
Julia Bullock, Soprano
A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus
****1
Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell
****1
Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life
****1
A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO
***11
Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO
****1
Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain
****1
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