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Brussels does Vienna: The National Orchestra of Belgium take on Mozart and the mighty Bruckner 4

By Alice Hughes, 24 April 2013
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Reviewed at BOZAR: Main hall, Brussels on 21 April 2013
Programme
Mozart, Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K191 (K186e)
Bruckner, Symphony no. 4 in E flat major, "Romantic", WAB 104
Performers
Bert Helsen, Bassoon
Belgian National Orchestra
Walter Weller, Conductor
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Alice Hughes
Alice Hughes
Alice studied Music and French Literature at the universities of Cardiff and Oxford. An avid concert-goer from a young age, she has a particular fondness for the music of Debussy, Satie and Rachmaninov and a lifelong interest in Paris as a hub of musical activity from the Belle Epoque onwards.