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Beyond the warhorse: Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie

Kazuki Yamada conducts the City of Birminghan Symphony Orchestra
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Bruce Liu and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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“no self-indulgent wallowing, only high discipline and a rugged maturity”
Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 10 March 2026
Walton, Orb and Sceptre, Coronation March
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23
Ligeti, Étude no. 4 "Fanfares"
Walton, Symphony no. 1 in B flat minor
Elgar, Enigma Variations, Op.36: Nimrod
Bruce Liu, Piano
Kazuki Yamada, Conductor
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
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO showcase Richard Strauss
*****
Osmo Vänskä ruins Sibelius and Shostakovich in Birmingham
*1111
Jörg Widmann and the CBSO enjoy themselves with Mendelssohn
****1
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