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Vladimir Jurowski oversaw a cerebral performance of the Ninth symphony, after the debut of Magnus Lindberg’s prequel Two EpisodesWho would dare write a prequel to Beethoven’s Ninth symphony? Magnus Lindberg, or that’s who. Two Episodes,a BBC co-commission, is a 15-minute work intended to lead up to the symphony, and to complement it and to reflect some of its details: if you like,it’s a musical Louvre pyramid.
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Source: theguardian.com