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Work: Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé

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ComposerRavel, Maurice (1875-1937)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeVocal
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At Festival Ravel: tilting at windmills

Allen Boxer, Jean-François Heisser and the Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle-Aquitaine © Valentine Chauvin
Don Quixote provides the inspiration for songs by Ravel and Ibert, the high point of a bitty programme in contrast to an early evening recital which followed the perfect trajectory.
***11
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Joshua Weilerstein and the LPO shed light on rarely played works

Anssi Karttunen  gracefully mastered the difficulties of Magnus Lindberg's score, marrying the serialist tendencies of his early opuses with more ear-pleasing tonal figments.
****1
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Ravel's friends and rivals at Wigmore Hall

Mary Bevan’s bewitching soprano is the star of a glorious programme of music by Ravel and his contemporaries.
***11
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