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Tippett to die for from Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Pumeza Matshikiza and Dame Sarah Connolly
© BBC | Mark Allan
Sir Andrew Davis, soloists and the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
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“one of the best performances by an amateur choir I have heard for a long time”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 12 May 2023
Tippett, Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Tippett, A Child of Our Time
Pumeza Matshikiza, Soprano
Dame Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano
Joshua Stewart, Tenor
Ashley Riches, Baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
Sir Andrew Davis, 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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