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Lyrical insights from Felix Klieser playing Strauss with the RSNO, before Bruckner exodus

Felix Klieser
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Felix Klieser, Thomas Søndergård and the RSNO
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“a performance built principally on a stunningly full string sound”
Reviewed at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow on 21 February 2026
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: Overture
Strauss R., Horn Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, Op.11
Bruckner, Symphony no. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Thomas Søndergård, Conductor
Felix Klieser, French horn
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