Brighton Philharmonic 2 December 2018 (Susan Elkin reviews)
On a personal level this was a very much a “been-there-done-that” sort of concert. Mozart’s Haffner symphony was the very first whole symphony I...
On a personal level this was a very much a “been-there-done-that” sort of concert. Mozart’s Haffner symphony was the very first whole symphony I...
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