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Battle lines drawn: bracing Haydn and Nielsen from Paavo Järvi and the Philharmonia

By Mark Pullinger, 20 November 2015
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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 19 November 2015
Programme
Haydn, Symphony no. 100 in G major "Military"
Nielsen, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra FS 119
Nielsen, Symphony no. 5, Op.50
Performers
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, Conductor
Samuel Coles, Flute
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.