CBSO/Nelsons – review

Symphony Hall, BirminghamA new season, a new Beethoven cycle. Birmingham is going where Manchester has been twice in recent years and the Proms were less than two months ago. The nine-month Birmingham series includes all the concertos and a selection of the chamber music and piano sonatas, but its core is a cycle of the nine symphonies from Andris Nelsons and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Though he has recently been conducting the Ninth on the orchestra's European tour, Nelsons start...

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