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Symphony Hall, BirminghamThis was a programme unlike any other, with a concerto each for oboe and contrabassoon, along with Berio's virtuoso Sequenza XII for solo bassoon, and was perhaps explained by Birmingham's hosting of the International Double Reed Society's conference.In Falling Down, his new piece for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's contrabassoon player Margaret Cookhorn, John Woolrich turns inherently unwieldy problems into creative solutions. As well as putting an aural s...

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