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Venue: Seoul Arts Center: Concert Hall

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AddressNambusunhwanro 2406
Seocho-gu
Seoul
Gyeonggi
South Korea
Google maps37° 28' 51.909" N 127° 0' 54.883" E
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SeoulSir Simon Rattle / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

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Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle; Lucy Crowe; Karen Cargill

SeoulMatthäus-Passion, BWV 244

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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Andreas Reize; Nikola Hillebrand; Ema Nikolovska; Julian Prégardien; Julian Habermann
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Tugan Sokhiev and the Vienna Philharmonic visit Seoul

Tugan Sokhiev conducts the Vienna Philharmonic © Hankyung Media Group
The Vienna Philharmonic's tour reaches Seoul, where Seong-Jin Cho plays Beethoven before Tugan Sokhiev conducts Brahms’ sunny Second Symphony. 
****1
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Chung’s Mahler 4 with the KBS Symphony Orchestra

Christiane Karg and the KBS Symphony Orchestra © KBS Symphony Orchestra
Christiane Karg joins Myung-whun Chung and the KBS Symphony Orchestra for an all-Mahler programme at the Seoul Arts Center. 
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Inward song: María Dueñas plays Brahms in Seoul

María Dueñas, Gustavo Gimeno and the Luxembourg Philharmonic © Vincero | Won Hee Lee
Gustavo Gimeno conducts the Luxembourg Philharmonic on tour to Seoul, with performances of Brahms and Dvořák. 
***11
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Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic prepare European tour

Matthias Goerne, Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra © Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Ahead of a European tour, the Seoul Philharmonic still have work to do on their Beethoven 9. 
***11
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Spacious Prokofiev from Seong-Jin Cho and the Munich Philharmonic

Lahav Shani conducts the Munich Philharmonic © Vincero | Won Hee Lee
Seong-Jin Cho’s premise in Prokofiev is compelling – to reconcile Russian gravitational attack and monumental construction with clarity, colour and contrapuntal legibility.
***11
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Sakari Oramo, Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony in Seoul

Yeol Eum Son, Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra © Hankyung Media Group
Yeol Eum Son’s Britten Piano Concerto formed the evening’s centre of gravity, played with lucid line, structural command and sudden fire. In Brahms’ Second Symphony, Sakari Oramo found conviction, proportion and a warmth that felt earned rather than applied.
****1
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Rhetoric over romance in Nikolai Lugansky's Chopin in Seoul

Nikolai Lugansky and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra © Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot conducts the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in three classics from the Romantic era: Berlioz, Chopin and Schumann. 
***11
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Schumann from the inside out: Yunchan Lim and Staatskapelle Dresden

Yunchan Lim, Myung-whun Chung and the Staatskapelle Dresden © Vincero | Won Hee Lee
Yunchan Lim seldom seeks the spotlight in a reflective, conversational account of Schumann's Piano Concerto, conducted by Myung-whun Chung. 
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