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Esa-Pekka Salonen digs beneath the skin of Peer Gynt

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 26 November 2015
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Grieg, Peer Gynt
Lang Lang, Piano
Juha Hemánus, Director
Marita Sølberg, Soprano
Anush Hovhannisyan, Soprano
Lisa Ellis, Soprano
Sam Bond, Actor
Beth Tuckey, Actor
Gjermund Larsen, Hardanger Fiddle
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