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Aurora Orchestra’s Grand Tour calls in at Italy

By Jessica Marcus, 19 September 2016
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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall One, London on 17 September 2016
Programme
Paganini, Caprice no. 5 for solo violin in A minor, Op.1 no.5
Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 5 in D major, K175
Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse, S 160: Le mal du pays
Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 6 in B flat major, K238
Mendelssohn, Symphony no. 4 in A major "Italian", Op.90
Performers
Aurora Orchestra
Cédric Tiberghien, Piano
Thomas Gould, Violin
Nicholas Collon, Conductor
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Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse, S 160: Le mal du paysAurora OrchestraCaprice no. 5 for solo violin in A minor, Op.1 no.5Cédric TiberghienFelix MendelssohnFranz LisztNiccolò PaganiniNicholas CollonPiano Concerto no. 5 in D major, K175Piano Concerto no. 6 in B flat major, K238Symphony no. 4 in A major "Italian", Op.90Thomas GouldWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Jessica Marcus
Jessica Marcus
Jessica is currently studying a joint honours degree of Music and English Literature at the University of Leeds and has been training as a mezzo-soprano for 11 years. Her current research involves the editing and modernising of Baroque and Medieval scores and she is particularly partial to the Romantic composers, her favourite being Rachmaninov.