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Work: Duende - The Dark Notes

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ComposerFrancesconi, Luca (b. 1956)
PeriodContemporary
Work typeOrchestral
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Susanna Mälkki returns to the helm of the New York Philharmonic

Leila Josefowicz and the New York Philharmonic © Brandon Patoc
In addition to the New York premiere of Luca Francesconi’s Duende: The Dark Notes, the evening is marked by an intriguing coupling of Strauss' Metamorphosen and Ravel's La Valse
****1
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Mälkki puts the BBC SO through its paces

Exquisite Boulez and Francesconi from Mälkki and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, before the conductor pushed the ensemble to its limits in The Planets.
***11
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