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Beethoven's “Eroica” carries the day in LA

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“their playing imparted a healthy glow to music which is often thought of as heavy and slow”
Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 8 December 2019
Knussen, Flourish with Fireworks, Op.22
Knussen, Violin Concerto, Op.30
Beethoven, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55
Leila Josefowicz, Violin
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor
Los Angeles Philharmonic
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Salonen and the LA Philharmonic take on the forces of nature
****1
Winter Daydreams and a Jazz Age Nutcracker at Disney Hall
****1
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