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Mysterious grandeur as Kavakos conducts Sibelius with the National Symphony

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Reviewed at Kennedy Center: Concert Hall, Washington on 15 May 2015
Bach, Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041
Sibelius, Pelléas and Mélisande, suite for orchestra, Op.46
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch Ravel)
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