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Pulsating energy as Gabriella Smith’s Lost Coast receives UK premiere

Gabriel Cabezas, Gemma New and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
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“the sound world is one of pulsating energy”
Reviewed at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 11 October 2025
Bacewicz, Overture
Smith, Lost Coast: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (UK premiere)
Sibelius, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.43
Gemma New, Conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, Cello
Wagner and Strauss from Sarah Wegener and the BBC Philharmonic
****1
Watery worlds, rhythmic fire from Brauß and Hickox with the BBC
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BBC Phil's Bluebeard's Castle eclipsed by Boulanger and Kodály
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Questions, answers and city nights: Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic
****1
John Storgårds leads the BBC Philharmonic through Shostakovich
****1
Thunderous Mahler from Elena Schwarz and the BBC Philharmonic
****1
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