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Flutists, I will crush you

Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra wrapped up their Prokofiev US tour last night in New York (SIX STATES -- EIGHT CITIES -- SEVEN SYMPHONIES), and for those who missed the Proko-mania, here are the third and fourth movements of the “Classical” Symphony. The driven, well-nigh manic tempo Gergiev chose for the last movement when they played it in Chicago is the same heard with the Vienna Philharmonic below. The flutists in both orchestras came through like champs for VG, and not for nothing did LSO flutist Gareth Davies refer to the “hot sweaty fever pitched” playing.

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