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A celebration of sound: The Berlin Philharmonic in the Oslo Opera House

By Aksel Tollåli, 19 November 2012
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Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 15 November 2012
Programme
Ligeti, Atmosphères
Wagner, Lohengrin: prelude to Act 1
Debussy, Jeux
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2
Schumann, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Rhenish", Op.97
Performers
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
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Aksel Tollåli
Aksel Tollåli
Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.