Review:Festival Opening Concert:Daring Drama

The Scotsman › August 16, 2004

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Jeanne d'Arc au bucher, Usher Hall ****

I wouldn't go so far as to call Arthur Honegger's dramatic oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bcher a masterpiece, but there was more than enough evidence in last night's opening concert of the Edinburgh Festival to prove it deserves an airing.

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Review:Festival Opening Concert:Daring Drama

Its sheer extravagance is enough to make it valid Festi...

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