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A new accordion concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jakub Hrůša

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 24 November 2012
Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite
Hind, The Tiniest House of Time, for accordion and orchestra (BBC commission, world première)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Op.35
Jakub Hrůša, Conductor
James Crabb, Accordion
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
*****
Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine
****1
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