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Sonic inundation: John Tavener’s Flood of Beauty at the Barbican

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 28 September 2014
Tavener, Flood of Beauty
Allison Bell, Soprano
Marcus Farnsworth, Baritone
Natalie Clein, Cello
Sheema Mukherjee, Sitar
Kuljit Bhamra, Tabla
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Eamonn Dougan, Choirmaster / chorus director
Martyn Brabbins, Conductor
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