The Solway Canal | Classical review

Muziekgebouw, AmsterdamGavin Bryars's new piano ­concerto, The Solway Canal, is his first ­substantial work for the instrument, and was ­commissioned for the Dutch ­pianist Ralph van Raat in ­conjunction with his Borletti Buitoni Trust ­fellowship in 2005. Van Raat gave the first ­performances in Utrecht and ­Amsterdam with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic conducted by Otto Tausk, with very different works by Pascal Dusapin and Cornelis de Bondt.Though Bryars is...

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