Culture: Music with Real Might and Mane ; Cbso Symphony Hall

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One of the few characteristics Brahms and Vaughan Williams have in common is the inspiration they drew from music of the past. Brahms was constantly awed by Bach and Beethoven; for Vaughan Williams it was the English folk heritage that helped forge his style.

As a reminder of Brahms' occasional forays into folk music Joseph Swensen began yesterday's concert with four Hungarian Dances, as exhausting to watch as they probably were to conduct, suggesting more frenzy than the CBSO players were prepared to deliver.

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Culture: Music with Real Might and Mane ; Cbso Symphony Hall

After displaying such energy one feared a possible clash ...

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