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Prom 76: A very special Last Night

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 8 September 2012
Simpson, Sparks (BBC commission, world première)
Suk, Towards a new life, Op.35c
Delius, Songs of Farewell
Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Forse la soglia attinse … Ma se m'è forza perderti
Massenet, Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller?
Bruch, Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Puccini, Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
Puccini, Turandot: Nessun dorma
Williams, Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Dvořák, Carnival Overture, Op.92
Shostakovich, Film music to The Gadfly, Op.97: Romance
Brodszky, The Toast of new Orleans: Be My Love
Lara, Granada
Rodgers, Carousel: You'll never walk alone
Wood, Fanfare on British Sea-Songs
Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 in D Major, Op.39
Parry, Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)
Traditional, The British National Anthem
Nicola Benedetti, Violin
Joseph Calleja, Tenor
BBC Symphony Chorus
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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