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Superb Mozart from Angela Hewitt and the BBC Philharmonic

Sir Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Philharmonic
© BBC Philharmonic
Angela Hewitt, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Philharmonic
© BBC Philharmonic
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“Hewitt’s playing was crystal clear... as if we were hearing this familiar music for the first time”
Reviewed at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 11 February 2023
Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K488
Mozart, Piano Sonata no. 11 in A major, K331: Rondo alla Turca
Stravinsky, Suite no. 1 for chamber orchestra
Stravinsky, Apollo (Apollon musagète)
Ravel, La Valse
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