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Playfulness and horror: Beethoven and Shostakovich go head to head in Cardiff

Ryan Bancroft rehearses the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
© Yusef Bastawy
Jonathan Biss and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in rehearsal
© Yusef Bastawy
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“James Platt became something akin to a prophet, crying out in a mix of despair and outrage”
Reviewed at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff on 11 February 2024
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op.15
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, "Babi Yar", Op.113
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft, Conductor
Jonathan Biss, Piano
James Platt, Bass
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
****1
Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms: a deeply satisfying Mahler 3
****1
Exciting Bacewicz and Lutosławski from Tadaaki Otaka and the BBC NOW
***11
Nil Venditti impresses in BBC Proms debut
****1
A choral treat to savour: Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms
*****
Music that eats into you: Schoenberg and Zemlinsky at the BBC Proms
****1
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