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Sounds of silence: Gerald Barry's Organ Concerto gets Dublin première

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“a love song to the organ, but with ears wide open”
Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 4 May 2018
Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B flat major, Op.56a
Barry, Organ Concerto
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique", Op.74
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Thomas Trotter, Organ
Stefan Asbury, Conductor
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Michelle Cann brings out the soul in Price’s Piano Concerto in Dublin
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****1
Anna Rakitina’s night with the National Symphony Orchestra
****1
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