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Prom 42: Gardner conducts Shostakovich 5th Symphony

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 17 August 2010
Pärt, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Britten, Peter Grimes, Op.33a: Four Sea Interludes
Watkins, Violin Concerto (BBC commission: world première)
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5 in D minor, Op.47
Alina Ibragimova, Violin
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Sakari Oramo, Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony in Seoul
****1
Sakari Oramo and Yeol Eum Son summon up vivid landscapes
****1
From snow to sludge: Icelandic music at the Barbican Centre
**111
Fine Lindberg and Stravinsky double bill from the BBC Symphony
****1
UK premiere of Julia Wolfe’s unEarth impresses on scale, not substance
**111
Sir James MacMillan delights with his Christmas Oratorio
*****
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