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A masterwork of elegiac introspection from Isabelle Faust and Alban Berg

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“I had to suppress feeling voyeurish at intruding on grief in such a way”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 14 January 2018
Janáček, From the House of the Dead: Overture
Carter, Instances
Berg, Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"
Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Isabelle Faust, Violin
A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus
****1
Pappano and the LSO: a thrilling collision between heaven and hell
****1
Han Kang’s The White Book takes on a compelling new life
****1
A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO
***11
Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO
****1
Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain
****1
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