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Work: Flourish with Fireworks, Op.22

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ComposerKnussen, Oliver (1952-2018)
PeriodModern
Work typeOrchestral
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EdinburghSeason Opener: Mahler Seven

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Knussen, Ravel, Mahler
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Thomas Søndergård; Francesco Piemontesi

GlasgowSeason Opener: Mahler Seven

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Knussen, Ravel, Mahler
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Thomas Søndergård; Francesco Piemontesi

PittsburghTchaikovsky's Pathetique

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Knussen, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Behzod Abduraimov
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Beethoven's “Eroica” carries the day in LA

Altogether it was the sort of music Gerard Hoffnung might have composed if he had ever held a serious music festival.
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Prom 6: Impressive and inspiring Anglo-American cooperation

The Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and The Julliard School, with Edward Gardner in an impressively ambitious programme, with tragic Britten from James Ehnes, and a remarkable UK premiere from Anna Thorvaldsdottir.
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Prom 1: Five Telegrams and a Harbinger of War

Marking the centenary of the end of the First World War, Anna Meredith and 59 Productions' work proves a powerful, often surprisingly upbeat, commission.
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