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Gorgeous but exhausting: Jurowski/LPO at Royal Festival Hall reviewed

9 December 2017

9:00 AM

9 December 2017

9:00 AM

To get a flavour of Joseph Marx’s An Autumn Symphony, picture the confectionery counter in a grand Viennese café. Beneath the glass lies sweetness beyond imagining: towers of sponge cake, billows of whipped cream, and icing that shines red and orange. You wander down the display: there are Sachertortes, petits fours, candied angelica and glacé cherries.

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