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Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO deliver an evening of stark contrasts at Symphony Hall

Kazuki Yamada and Fazıl Say
© Jonathan Ferro
Eleanor Lyons, Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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“Poulenc’s ostensible solemnity sounded by turns opulent and cheesy”
Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 16 April 2025
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 1
Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major
Mozart, Piano Sonata no. 11 in A major, K331: Rondo alla Turca (arr. Fazıl Say)
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2
Poulenc, Stabat Mater, FP 148
Fazıl Say, Piano
Eleanor Lyons, Soprano
CBSO Chorus
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Kazuki Yamada, Conductor
Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham
****1
Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody
****1
Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie
****1
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade
****1
François Leleux and Lisa Batiashvili play fire and ice with the CBSO
***11
Yamada and the CBSO luxuriate in line at Symphony Hall
****1
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