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‘A Body for Harnasie’ turns a little-known 20th-century ballet into a multimedia fantasia for today
It was a year for rediscovering composers and Handel’s oratorios and reinterpreting popular masterpieces
Solo recordings from this leading Polish pianist are a rarity and his latest showcases a neglected composer
The violinist opened her Perspectives series with a programme of vastly different pieces
Nicola Benedetti played Szymanowski’s violin concertos with softness and fluidity
Standing in for the unwell Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist gave a performance that had the audience rapt
This most remote and intense of international music events featured a wealth of gems and surprises
Edward Gardner makes a stronger case for the Polish composer, clarifying textures and tautening musical lines
In the LSO’s pairing of two great composers, it was Karol Szymanowski who trumped Brahms
This Szymanowski retrospective suggested that the Polish composer might be best served in bite-size pieces
When Szymanowski piles on the full forces, the effect here under Jurowski’s precise direction was suitably rapturous
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