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Gardiner and LSO make a welcome return with Schumann concerto

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“Gardiner found an ideal balance between lilt and nobility”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 15 March 2018
Schumann, Genoveva, Op.81: Overture
Schumann, Violin Concerto in D minor
Schumann, Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op.52
Schumann, Symphony no. 4 in D minor, Op.120
Schumann, Symphony no. 2 in C major, Op.61 (Scherzo)
Isabelle Faust, Violin
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
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