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Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra reflects on loss, memory and peace

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“the music flowed under Hagiwara's fingers with clarity and purity of sound”
Reviewed at Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen (HBG) Hall, Hiroshima on 5 August 2020
Penderecki, Polish Requiem: Chaconne
Fujikura, Piano Concerto no. 4 "Akiko's Piano" (world premiere)
Beethoven, String Quartet no. 13 in B flat major, Op.130: Cavatina
Mahler, Kindertotenlieder
Bach, Violin partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne (arr. Hideo Saito)
Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
Tatsuya Shimono, Conductor
Mami Hagiwara, Piano
Mihoko Fujimura, Mezzo-soprano
Hiroshima sends its message of Peace through Music
****1
The NHK Symphony Orchestra explores its history in its centenary
****1
A masterclass in chamber playing at Suntory Hall
****1
Dvořák’s “American” in the East
****1
Nelsons conducts Mahler 8 in Boston
****1
François Girard's new Fliegende Holländer disappoints at The Met
***11
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