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A glimpse of paradise in Mahler's Ninth from Mariss Jansons and the Bav RSO in Milan

By James Imam, 08 February 2017
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“this was indeed a performance that gravitated towards the paradisical”
Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 5 February 2017
Programme
Mahler, Symphony no. 9 in D major
Performers
Mariss Jansons, Conductor
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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James Imam
James Imam
James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.