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MTT and the San Francisco Symphony's Eroica fails to triumph

By George Slater-Walker, 01 September 2015
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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 31 August 2015
Programme
Ives, A Symphony: New England Holidays – Decoration Day
Bartók, Piano Concerto no. 2 in G major, Sz 95
Beethoven, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55
Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 10 in E major
Performers
Yuja Wang, Piano
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
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George Slater-Walker
George Slater-Walker
George recently graduated with a BA in Music at Magdalen College Oxford and is now pursuing the life of a horn player in London and elsewhere. His particular interest lies in fin-de-siècle Austro-German music and art.