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From Nibelheim's mines to Valhalla in flames: orchestral thrills in a pocket-sized Ring

By Mark Pullinger, 05 November 2021
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“the Philharmonia’s double basses were in fine fettle, rasping away in the storm”
Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 4 November 2021
Programme
Strauss R., Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Wagner, The Ring without Words (arr. Maazel)
Performers
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Conductor
Miah Persson, Soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
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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.