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Prom 56: Knussen conducts Knussen

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 25 August 2012
Goehr, Metamorphosis / Dance
Knussen, Symphony no. 3
Grime, Night Songs (BBC commission, world première)
Debussy, Le Martyre de saint Sébastien (The Martyrdom of St Sebastien)
Claire Booth, Soprano
Polly May, Mezzo-soprano
Clare McCaldin, Mezzo-soprano
New London Chamber Choir
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Oliver Knussen, 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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