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Devastating and dark Pathétique from Gergiev and the Mariinsky on tour in Brussels

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“routine seems an alien notion to them”
Reviewed at BOZAR: Main hall, Brussels on 18 November 2018
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op.57
Stravinsky, Symphony in C
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique", Op.74
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Miraculous Russians: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky in Florence
****1
Alexandre Kantorow wows with the Mariinsky Orchestra in Antwerp
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In Rimsky's Kitezh, Gergiev eventually weaves some Russian magic
***11
Matvey Demin’s stellar UK debut flanked by an invigorated Gergiev
****1
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky bring a Russian programme to Lucerne
****1
An ideal troika at Cadogan Hall
****1
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