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Bangs for your Buck - The Battle Proms at Highclere Castle.

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Reviewed at Highclere Castle, Newbury on 30 July 2011
Beethoven, Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria (Wellington's Victory, or The Battle of Vitoria), Op.91
Tchaikovsky, 1812 Festival overture in E flat major, Op.49
Parry, Jerusalem
Arne, Rule, Britannia!
Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 in D Major, Op.39
Holst, The Planets, Op.32: no. 4 "Jupiter"
Mozart, Horn Concerto no. 4 in E flat major, K495
Saint-Saëns, Romance in F major, Op.36
Suppé, Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry): Overture
Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio
Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565
Traditional, She moves thro' the Fair
Waldteufel, The Skaters' Waltz
Denise Leigh, Soprano
New English Concert Orchestra
Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia
*****
Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn
****1
Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle
****1
Picture postcard Spain from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
****1
Dependable Mozart and Mendelssohn from the RLPO
***11
Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams
****1
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