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Joy triumphs as Kazuki Yamada enthuses Birmingham with Beethoven’s Ninth

Kazuki Yamada conducts the CBSO
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The CBSO Chorus
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“Yamada himself physically buckling with exhaustion at the triumphant end”
Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 19 September 2024
Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Strauss R., Metamorphosen
Beethoven, Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
Lucy Crowe, Soprano
Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano
Joshua Stewart, Tenor
Jonathan Lemalu, Bass
CBSO Chorus
Kazuki Yamada, Conductor
Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie
****1
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****1
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***11
Yamada and the CBSO luxuriate in line at Symphony Hall
****1
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO showcase Richard Strauss
*****
Osmo Vänskä ruins Sibelius and Shostakovich in Birmingham
*1111
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