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Callum Smart makes stunning debut with the RPO

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Reviewed at Cheltenham Town Hall: Main Stage, Cheltenham on 20 September 2016
Beethoven, Fidelio, Op.72: Overture
Grieg, Two Elegiac Melodies for string orchestra, Op.34
Bruch, Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 3 in A minor, "Scottish", Op.56
Matthew Halls, Conductor
Callum Smart, Violin
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