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Brett Dean's The Annunciation an early Christmas present from the BBCSO

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 19 November 2014
Respighi, Trittico botticelliano 'Three Botticelli Pictures'
Dean, The Annunciation (UK Première)
Strauss R., Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Der Bürger als Edelmann) suite, Op.60b
Josep Pons, Conductor
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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