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Rites of consolation: Finnish and German requiems in illuminating combination

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“motifs drip through the orchestra like blood into a glass of water”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 8 March 2024
Rautavaara, A Requiem in Our Time
Sallinen, Mauermusik (Wall Music)
Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op.45
Sakari Oramo, Conductor
Anu Komsi, Soprano
Christian Senn, Baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
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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