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Orchestral sorcery at the Barbican from the BBC Symphony

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“The clarinet solo interweaving with the virtuosic violin playing was particularly magical”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 9 May 2014
Dukas, The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sheng, Let Fly - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (BBC commission, UK première)
Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Sakari Oramo, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin
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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