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href="https://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/makela-london-symphony-orchestra-stravinskys-barbican">Mäkelä / LSO review – a honed edge to Stravinsky’s sacrificial knife</h3></a><h5>by Barry Creasy</h5> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> Wunderkind Klaus Mäkelä leads the London Symphony Orchestra on an edgy journey through works by Stravinsky, Sibelius and Prokofiev </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a href="https://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/makela-london-symphony-orchestra-stravinskys-barbican"> <picture> <source type="image/webp" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/LSO-Makela-extra-2-150x150.jpg.webp"/> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20220%20220'%3E%3C/svg%3E" width="220" height="220" alt="Mäkelä / LSO review – a honed edge to Stravinsky’s sacrificial knife" 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mesmerises a packed Royal ..." data-lazy-src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gardner6-150x150.jpg"/><noscript><img src="https://www.musicomh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gardner6-150x150.jpg" width="220" height="220" alt="London Philharmonic Orchestra review – Víkingur Ólafsson mesmerises a packed Royal ..."/></noscript> </picture> </a></br />  </div> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> <div class="image_text_box_index"> <h3><a href="https://www.musicomh.com/classical/reviews-classical/die-fledermaus-review-the-guildhall-school-on-top-form-at-the-silk-street-theatre">Die Fledermaus review – the Guildhall School on top form at the Silk Street Theatre</h3></a><h5>by Sam Smith</h5> <div style="float: left; width: 100%;"><hr width="100%" align="right"> </div> Don’t wait until New Year to see this operetta – go now! </div> <div class="images_hz_index"> <a 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