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From Minimalism to neo-Romanticism, a lyrical sound world explored at the Proms

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“each of the pieces unfurled its own distinctive sound world”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 6 September 2021
Glass, Mad Rush
Rautavaara, Cantus Arcticus
Weir, Still, Glowing
Pärt, Festina Lente
Jóhannsson, Good Night, Day
Messiaen, Le livre du Saint Sacrement: La joie de la grâce
Jóhannsson, A Sparrow alighted upon our shoulder
Moussa, A Globe Itself Infolding (UK premiere)
James McVinnie, Organ
BBC Concert Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing, Conductor
The BBC Singers at full throttle at Milton Court
****1
Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill
****1
BBCCO thrills in an evening of Sibelius and his Swedish neighbours
****1
Mystics and magicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra at the BBC Proms
****1
Over the top: revamped Tosca returns to the Theatre in the Woods
***11
Mari Samuelsen radiant in Pärt and Vasks with the BBC CO
****1
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