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Three meditations on death and mourning with the RSNO in Edinburgh

Patrick Hahn rehearses the RSNO
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“an understated, elfin presence on the podium, but a remarkably insightful one too”
Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 25 April 2025
Beethoven, Elegischer Gesang (Elegiac Song), Op.118
Berg, Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"
Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626
Patrick Hahn, Conductor
Carolin Widmann, Violin
Mhairi Lawson, Soprano
Hanna Hipp, Mezzo-soprano
Jamie MacDougall, Tenor
Laurent Naouri, Baritone
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