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Tag Archives: Orchestre de Paris
From the Auvergne to St Petersburg: a travelogue with the Orchestre de Paris
Ravel, Canteloube, Mussorgsky: Orchestre de Paris/Hengelbrock *** Philharmonie de Paris, 18th May 2017 How fluent is your Occitan? Joseph Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne, his arrangement of folksongs from central France, are in the local language, not dissimilar to Catalan. They mostly … Continue reading
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Tagged Canteloube, Kate Lindsey, Mussorgsky, Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonie, Ravel, Thomas Hengelbrock
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Plums and turkeys: a musical voyage around 2016
Most people I know cannot wait to see the back of 2016. But in the year in which Brexit, Trump and the Grim Reaper were the big winners, I admit to having had a terrific twelve months. A whirl of … Continue reading →
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