River of Music, Europe stage – review

Somerset House, LondonIt has not been a great festival year, with rain, rancour and receivership blighting promising events, from the Isle of Wight to Bloc. By contrast, the under-publicised River of Music festival – free, dry and spread across six venues – caught Londoners by surprise. With few expectations to meet, we could bask in unfamiliar sun and let music from every country participating in the Olympics wash over us.At Somerset House, Finland was represented by a magnificently eccentr...

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