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Prom 71: Introspection and heartache from Górecki, Vaughan Williams and Tchaikovsky

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 4 September 2013
Górecki, Symphony no. 3 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”, Op.36
Vaughan Williams, Four Last Songs (orch A Payne, BBC commission, world première)
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique", Op.74
Ruby Hughes, Soprano
Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano
Osmo Vänskä, 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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