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Prom 28: James MacMillan's Violin Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 3 August 2013
Strauss II, An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube), Op.314
MacMillan, Violin Concerto
Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, Op.62
Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67
Vadim Repin, Violin
Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Astonishing Mahler 2 from Runnicles and the BBC Scottish
*****
Sweeping Rachmaninov and scorching Barber from the BBC Scottish
****1
Meditative and powerful Górecki at Celtic Connections
****1
Celebrating 90 years of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
****1
Canellakis brings sparkle and shine to Stravinsky and Bernstein
****1
Revelatory Birtwistle and Beethoven from the BBC Scottish SO
*****
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