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Striking Lindberg the highlight of a dispassionate performance from the LPO

By Katy Wright, 29 January 2015
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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 28 January 2015
Programme
Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Lindberg, Accused: 3 interrogations for soprano & orchestra (World premiere)
Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act 1
Scriabin, Le Poème de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), Op.54
Performers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor
Barbara Hannigan, Soprano
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Katy Wright
Katy Wright
As News Editor at Rhinegold, Katy contributes news pieces and longer features to publications including Classical Music, Music Teacher and International Piano (both digital and print editions). She writes on a freelance basis for publications including Sinfini Music and TEMPO.