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| Composer | Holst, Gustav (1874-1934) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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Turkish delights tickle the Proms palate
For once, the musical menu was a good deal more sultry than the temperatures in the Royal Albert Hall as the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic made a notable debut in a programme full of what Rudyard Kipling may well have described as “more-than-oriental splendour”.
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