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Unfussed Beauty from Bronfman

By Tom Hancox, 13 May 2011
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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 12 May 2011
Programme
Shostakovich, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, Op.35
Shostakovich, Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, Op.102
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 3 in D major "Polish", Op.29
Liszt, Grandes Études de Paganini S 141: no. 2 in E flat major (encore)
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
Philip Cobb, Trumpet
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Dmitri ShostakovichFranz LisztGrandes Études de Paganini S 141: no. 2 in E flat majorLondon Symphony OrchestraPhilip CobbPiano Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, Op.35Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, Op.102Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskySymphony no. 3 in D major "Polish", Op.29Valery GergievYefim Bronfman
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Tom Hancox
Tom Hancox
Graduating with a double-first from St Peter's College, Oxford, Thomas is a flautist who has performed with Trevor Pinnock, the Allegri and Sacconi Quartets, and the London Handel Orchestra. Formerly the Junior Editor of the British Flute Society's journal, he now acts as Ambassadors' Co-ordinator for Cavatina.