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Dramatic Brahms from Sunwook Kim and a powerful orchestral triptych from the RSNO

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“Sunwook Kim is a born dramatist... hurled himself into the contrasts of Brahms’ concerto”
Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 26 November 2021
Wagner, Lohengrin: prelude to Act 1
Thorvaldsdottir, Metacosmos
Sibelius, Tapiola, Op.112
Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, Op.15
Jonathan Stockhammer, Conductor
Sunwook Kim, Piano
Stephen Hough makes a convincing case for Rachmaninov 1 with the RSNO
****1
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
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