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He also has Killian ransack his house to an aria from Camille �������Գ�-����ë�Բ�’ “Samson & Delilah,” a reference that only half-works because no woman in here has ever betrayed him.

In between these big weekends, Dudamel led a quirky program that began with a jokey but spectacular performance of �������Գ�-����ë�Բ�’ “Carnival of the Animals,” with pianists Sergio Tiempo and Karin Lechner, along with animated film and enchanting narrations by Dudamel’s son, Martín.

The papers reported that she sang for the renowned French composers Massenet and Saint-Saens, whose works she would perform on the concert stage.

His phrasing is sensitive, as in the romance at the center of the middle movement of �������Գ�-����ë�Բ�’s late sonata; this take on that sonata’s finale is more easygoing and lyrical than some other accounts.

Adaptations to oboe abound, including from wordless vocalises by Ravel, Messiaen and �������Գ�-����ë�Բ�.