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Clear-eyed and unsentimental Elgar and Dvořák from Oramo, Benedetti and the BBC Symphony

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“Hearing the BBCSO in full cry was a revelation, the players making a powerful and thrilling sound”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 26 April 2019
Elgar, Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61
Dvořák, Symphony no. 7 in D minor, Op.70
Sakari Oramo, Conductor
Nicola Benedetti, Violin
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