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The Heckler

Rattle’s hall

28 October 2017

9:00 AM

28 October 2017

9:00 AM

Even in a Trump world where reality is what you say it is, the London Symphony Orchestra’s announcement of a new concert hall occupies a bubble of pure fantasy. New York architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro have been awarded a contract for a project that has no funding.

Concert hall, what concert hall? The only cash on the table is £2.5

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