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Prom 15: A Slavic feast from Bělohlávek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 25 July 2012
Smetana, String Quartet no.1 in E minor "From my life" (orch. Szell)
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op.19
Dvořák, Symphony no. 7 in D minor, Op.70
Vadim Gluzman, Violin
Jiří Bělohlávek, Conductor
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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