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AUSTRALIAN RULES
At long last, e Strad has thrown o the tyrannous
shackles of New York and London and recognised that
a thriving concert scene exists in Berlin, Copenhagen and
most recently Zermatt (Reviews, January 2020). It seems
overdue for a truly international magazine to be spreading
its collective ears to further climes; though I notice the
focus is still Euro-centric. Perhaps in the future, the
magazine might be prevailed upon to review some of
the outstanding concerts in the southern hemisphere:
the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s season —nale in ɗ !£-#38 !8=!@ labovem 2!1'& )89; $32$'8;1!9;'8
November, violinist Andrew Haveron’s Mozart no.5 with 3( -'22! @16,32@ bit.ly/35iGUvp
the Sydney Symphony, cellist Andreas Brantelid with the
Elgar Concerto at the same venue. All these sensational
performances occurred in the past couple of months –
isn’t it time the Antipodes had a fair slice of the pie?
ANNA HOFFMAYER
Sydney, Australia

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PATRICIA NEWNHAM ¡ere is no room for ‘hate’ in the
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VAL JASKIEWICZ Seems like snobbishness is still very much
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