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Collision of the Old and New World brings fireworks to the CBSO's season opener

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Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 12 September 2018
Dvořák, Othello: Overture, Op.93
Bartók, Violin Concerto no. 1, Sz 36
Dvořák, Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95
Gidon Kremer, Violin
Omer Meir Wellber, Conductor
Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie
****1
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade
****1
François Leleux and Lisa Batiashvili play fire and ice with the CBSO
***11
Yamada and the CBSO luxuriate in line at Symphony Hall
****1
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO showcase Richard Strauss
*****
Osmo Vänskä ruins Sibelius and Shostakovich in Birmingham
*1111
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