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The land of the free: European exiles in America with the National Youth Orchestra

By Jane Shuttleworth, 12 April 2013
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Reviewed at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage One, Gateshead on 11 April 2013
Programme
Korngold, Film music from Captain Blood: Overture
Schoenberg, Concerto for string quartet and orchestra, after Handel's Concerto Grosso Op.6 no.7
Stravinsky, Symphony in Three Movements
Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances, Op.45
Performers
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Simone Young, Conductor
Navarra String Quartet
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Jane Shuttleworth
Jane Shuttleworth
Jane Shuttleworth is a choral singer and recorder player, and specialises in Renaissance, baroque and modern music. She lives in Durham and runs a local music listings, news and reviews site Music in Durham