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Stylish sparks fly with Kerem Hasan and the LSO

By Benjamin Poore, 08 October 2020
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“a masterpiece of studied pastiche, eyebrows raised, but not grotesquely so”
Reviewed at LSO St Lukes, London on 7 October 2020
Programme
Strauss R., Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Der Bürger als Edelmann) suite, Op.60b
Kendall, The Spark Catchers
Bartók, Dance Suite, Sz. 77
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Kerem Hasan, Conductor
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Benjamin Poore
Benjamin Poore
Benjamin Poore is a writer and critic. His book on psychoanalysis and literature is forthcoming in 2019. He has previously written about literature and culture for the Independent, the Times Literary Supplement, and Times Higher Education. In his spare time he tries to sing Schubert; he has a very patient teacher.