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James Ehnes excels in Edinburgh with Beethoven's Violin Concerto

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“This finest of fiddlers can make the violin sing like few others”
Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 13 October 2017
Adams, The Chairman Dances
Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61
Sibelius, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.43
James Ehnes, Violin
Edward Gardner, Conductor
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