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Prom 42: Paavo Järvi flies the flag for Estonia

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“carved from pine, crisp and fresh, surging with energy and athleticism”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 13 August 2018
Pärt, Symphony no. 3
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Debussy, Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune
Sibelius, Symphony no. 5 in E flat major, Op.82
Sumera, The Spring Fly
Alfvén, Bergakungen (The Mountain King): Herd-Maid's Dance, Op.37 no. 4
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, Conductor
Estonian Festival Orchestra make Carnegie Hall debut with Arvo Pärt
***11
Bizet raises the roof at the Pärnu Music Festival
****1
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
*****
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