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Master craftsmen: Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic perform Lachenmann's My Melodies

By Sam Johnstone, 26 March 2019
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“an astonishing compositional and ensemble achievement”
Reviewed at Philharmonie: Großer Saal, Berlin on 23 March 2019
Programme
Lachenmann, My Melodies, music for eight horns and orchestra
Schumann, Symphony no. 2 in C major, Op.61
Performers
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
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Sam Johnstone
Sam Johnstone
Sam Johnstone is a musician and writer based in Berlin. He has written on classical, contemporary and world music for Sinfini Music, The Cusp and World Music Network, and about the influence of the avant-garde on contemporary music in Germany and Japan whilst studying at Oxford University and SOAS, University of London. Sam blogs at www.spljohnstone.com and tweets at @spljohnstone