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LondonProm 5: Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony
Bach, Miller, Bruckner
BBC Philharmonic; Omer Meir Wellber; Lawrence Power
LondonProm 6: Vaughan Williams and Tippett – Full Fourths
Vaughan Williams, Tippett
BBC Philharmonic; Omer Meir Wellber
LondonProm 25: Shostakovich’s Last Symphony and a Concerto for Theremin
Aho, Saariaho, Schostakowitsch
BBC Philharmonic; John Storgårds; Carolina Eyck
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Toward the Unknown Region: Vaughan Williams 2 and 7 in Manchester
John Wilson navigates two of Ralph Vaughan Williams' symphonies at Bridgewater Hall, part of the RVW 150 celebrations.
Powerful beginning to Bridgewater Hall's Vaughan Williams 150 cycle
The BBC Philharmonic and Mark Wigglesworth present moving accounts of two symphonies, plus eloquent singing from Alessandro Fisher in the orchestral version of On Wenlock Edge.
Unsettling Shostakovich from Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic
Anja Bihlmaier presents the scintillating Suite by Galina Ustvolskaya, an unsettling Shostakovich 9, which finds comedy and tragedy side by side, and then Dvořák’s heart-warming Cello Concerto with Leonard Elschenbroich.
Ben-Haim's symphony crowns BBC Phil concert under Carlo Goldstein
Stephen Hough dazzles in Saint-Saëns and Paul Ben-Haim's Second Symphony proves to be an exciting discovery in a polished performance from the BBC Philharmonic under Carlo Goldstein.
Wellber and the BBC Philharmonic mark Beethoven 250 in Manchester
Taking snapshots from 1806 and 1807, the BBC Philharmonic present two works from Beethoven’s middle period, with high musical standards and the Dresden Chamber Choir on superb form.
Beethoven 250: Eroica and curiosities from the BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon conducts the BBC Philharmonic in an all Beethoven programme centered around the monumental Third Symphony.