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Living up to the hype: Yunchan Lim in a classically disciplined “Emperor” at the Proms

Yunchan Lim
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Paavo Järvi
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Paavo Järvi and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
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“Playing against expectation in this way made his musicianship all the more impressive”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 29 July 2024
Tüür, Aditus, for orchestra
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major "Emperor", Op.73
Bruckner, Symphony no. 1 in C minor, WAB 101 (1877 Linz version, ed. Nowak)
Yunchan Lim, Piano
Paavo Järvi, Conductor
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