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Salonen revives Wing On Wing... and it flies!

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“a brilliant tour de force, surprisingly reflective for something so loud”
Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 16 February 2018
Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61
Mozart, Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario) (selections)
Salonen, Wing on Wing
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Vilde Frang, Violin
Kiera Duffy, Soprano
So Young Park, Soprano
Joshua Dennis, Tenor
Christopher Job, Bass
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