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Lean, clean, but underwhelming Rachmaninov from the Singapore Symphony

By Mark Pullinger, 03 September 2014
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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 2 September 2014
Programme
Glinka, Ruslan and Lyudmila: overture
Long, Postures (European première)
Berio, Six Encores for piano: Wasserklavier
Rachmaninov, Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27
Walton, March for "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"
Performers
Andreas Haefliger, Piano
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui, Conductor
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.