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Bizet raises the roof at the Pärnu Music Festival

Paavo Järvi and Ksenija Sidorova
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Ksenija Sidorova
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Paavo Järvi conducts the Estonian Festival Orchestra
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“the full Thomas Beecham, amping up all its Mendelssohnian brilliance and proto-Straussian swagger”
Reviewed at Pärnu Concert Hall, Pärnu on 13 July 2024
Mägi, Vesper
Kõrvits, Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra (Dances) (World premiere)
Bizet, Symphony in C "Roma"
Bizet, Carmen: Prelude to Act 1
Svendsen, Two Swedish Folk Melodies, Op.27: Du gamla, du friska, du fjellhög
Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, Conductor
Estonian Festival Orchestra make Carnegie Hall debut with Arvo Pärt
***11
Sol Gabetta shines in Dvořák with the Estonian Festival Orchestra
****1
Blistering Buchbinder, trenchant Järvi at the Elbphilharmonie
*****
Smiles of a summer night: Paavo Järvi at the Pärnu Music Festival
****1
Estonian Festival Orchestra covers itself in glory in Pärnu
*****
Business as usual: Paavo Järvi gets the band back together in Pärnu
****1
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