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Prom 39: Thierry Fischer ends his BBC NOW tenure with the Berlioz Requiem

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 11 August 2012
Berlioz, Requiem "Grande Messe des morts", Op.5
Toby Spence, Tenor
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Huddersfield Choral Society
London Symphony Chorus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
****1
Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms: a deeply satisfying Mahler 3
****1
Exciting Bacewicz and Lutosławski from Tadaaki Otaka and the BBC NOW
***11
Nil Venditti impresses in BBC Proms debut
****1
A choral treat to savour: Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms
*****
Music that eats into you: Schoenberg and Zemlinsky at the BBC Proms
****1
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