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BBC Proms: Bavouzet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jurowski
BBC Proms: Bavouzet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jurowski
The Albert Hall gets Hungarian, with a hot gypsy band and a steel-fingered pianist
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Vladimir Jurowski: his bony hands pinch, squeeze, clutch, splay and punch the players into absolute precision© Chris Christodolou/theartsdesk
The world tour that the Proms offer this year touches down in no more fascinating musical country than Hungary, with three of its great composers, Liszt, Bartók and Kodály brought into the Albert Hall last night by the ever-stimulating Vladimir Jurowski with his hot gypsy band, the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
The world tour that the Proms offer this year touches down in no more fascinating musical country than Hungary, with three of its great composers, Liszt, Bartók and Kodály brought into the Albert Hall last night by the ever-stimulating Vladimir Jurowski with his hot gypsy band, the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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