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Fury, passion and loss from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

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“Brabbins' account was one of the most impressive I have heard in recent years”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 30 November 2018
Bax, November Woods
Frances-Hoad, Last Man Standing (World première BBC SO commission)
Vaughan Williams, Symphony no. 4 in F minor
Martyn Brabbins, Conductor
Marcus Farnsworth, Baritone
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****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
*****
Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine
****1
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