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Prom 27: An engaging Holloway Premiere by Runnicles and the BBC SSO

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 4 August 2011
Holloway, Concerto for Orchestra no. 5 (BBC commission: world première)
Strauss R., Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Brahms, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.73
Hillevi Martinpelto, Soprano
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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