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Tonal furies and complex counterpoint: Salonen, Szymanowski and Strauss at the Tonhalle

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“the downbeats of Salonen’s work confronted us like exclamation marks, or arrows hitting their marks”
Reviewed at Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zurich on 2 July 2015
Salonen, Nyx (Schweizer Erstaufführung)
Szymanowski, Violin Concerto no. 1, Op.35
Strauss R., Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op.40
Manfred Honeck, Conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, Violin
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
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