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Barbara Hannigan and the London Symphony Orchestra
© LSO | Mark Allan
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra
© LSO | Mark Allan
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“if it is possible to conceive of a persuasively Brahmsian performance of Boulez, this was it”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 9 January 2025
Boulez, Éclat
Benjamin, Lessons in Love and Violence (Interludes and aria)
Brahms, Symphony no. 4 in E minor, Op.98
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Barbara Hannigan, Soprano
A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus
****1
Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell
****1
Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life
****1
A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO
***11
Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO
****1
Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain
****1
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