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Chauhan takes CBSO from shaky start to triumphant finale

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“This was blood and guts and glory in Nero’s Rome”
Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 27 September 2018
Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43
Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Intermezzo
Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo
Respighi, Feste romane (Roman Festivals)
Pavel Kolesnikov, Piano
Alpesh Chauhan, Conductor
Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham
****1
Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody
****1
Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie
****1
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade
****1
François Leleux and Lisa Batiashvili play fire and ice with the CBSO
***11
Yamada and the CBSO luxuriate in line at Symphony Hall
****1
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