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Softest music to attending ears: Catalonia celebrates Romeo and Juliet

By Jack Dhainaut, 05 April 2016
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Reviewed at Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona on 3 April 2016
Programme
Berlioz, Roméo et Juliette, choral symphony, Op.17: Love Scene
Bernstein, West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Suite no. 1, Op.64bis
Performers
Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Josep Pons, Conductor
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Jack Dhainaut
Jack Dhainaut
Having studied foreign languages and literature at King’s College, Cambridge and the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Jack is currently teaching English and French in a small but lovely village in deepest Catalonia, where he is one of two tenors in the local choir. A double bassist and erstwhile clarinettist, his musical interests range from the symphonies of Shostakovich to the Catalan Nova Canço.