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Konstantia Gourzi on working with Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado’s last concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker
In his final concert with the Berliner Philharmoniker in May 2013, Claudio Abbado once again presented a fascinating programme which included two portrayals of dreams that could hardly be more different: Felix Mendelssohn’s perfectly balanced music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hector Berlioz’s wildly unbridled Symphonie fantastique, a contrast which reveals not least the diversity and richness of musical Romanticism.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
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