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Violinist Vadim Repin speaks about performing Chausson’s Poème op.25 to The Strad, and performs the work in the video above with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta in 2011.

Repin continues The Strad’s marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with Chausson’s Poème in the June 2017 issue – giving bowings, fingerings and ideas for interpretation. Download now on desktop computer or through The Strad App.

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