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The sublime and the jolly: Truls Mørk and the Czech Philharmonic in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 25 October 2017
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Reviewed at Tonhalle Maag, Zurich on 24 October 2017
Programme
Janáček, Žárlivost (Jealousy)
Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104
Dvořák, Symphony no. 8 in G major, Op.88
Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 5 in F sharp minor
Performers
Czech Philharmonic
Tomáš Netopil, Conductor
Truls Mørk, Cello
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.