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RSNO season opens with Vienna’s Golden Age

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“Søndergård looking like a sapling bending in the wind as he turned this way and that”
Reviewed at Caird Hall, Dundee on 3 October 2019
Strauss R., Don Juan, Op.20
Berg, Sieben frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs)
Mahler, Symphony no. 1 in D major "Titan"
Thomas Søndergård, Conductor
Karen Cargill, Mezzo-soprano
Kristiina Poska makes an exciting return to conduct the RSNO
***11
Felix Klieser plays Strauss with the RSNO, before Bruckner exodus
****1
Giedrė Šlekytė conducts the RSNO in passionate, exciting Mahler
****1
Mahler magic: RSNO opens season with the Seventh Symphony
****1
A dramatic, declamatory Elijah closes the 2025 Edinburgh Festival
****1
Triumphant Tavener opens the Edinburgh International Festival
*****
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