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Three new works of wildly varying quality at Manchester International Festival

Vimbayi Kaziboni and the BBC Philharmonic
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Vimbayi Kaziboni, Ralph van Raat and the BBC Philharmonic
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Jess Dandy, Vimbayi Kaziboni and the BBC Philharmonic
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“a kind of sonic decay unlike almost anything I have heard”
Reviewed at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 7 July 2023
Adams, Prophecies of Stone (World premiere)
Firsova, A Spell for Creation
Ní Ríain, The Land Grows Weary of its Own (World premiere)
Ralph van Raat, Piano
Jess Dandy, Contralto
Vimbayi Kaziboni, Conductor
BBC Philharmonic’s bold but unbalanced Stravinsky and Adams
***11
Wagner and Strauss from Sarah Wegener and the BBC Philharmonic
****1
Watery worlds, rhythmic fire from Brauß and Hickox with the BBC
****1
BBC Phil's Bluebeard's Castle eclipsed by Boulanger and Kodály
****1
Questions, answers and city nights: Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic
****1
John Storgårds leads the BBC Philharmonic through Shostakovich
****1
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