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Malcolm Arnold's Fifth Symphony resurrected by Sakari Oramo and BBCSO

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“a performance of consummate skill”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 27 August 2021
Foulds, Le Cabaret, overture to a French comedy
Walton, Viola Concerto
Hindemith, Sonata for Solo Viola no. 1, Op.11 no.5 (4th movement)
Bray, Where Icebergs Dance Away (UK premiere)
Arnold, Symphony no. 5, Op.74
Timothy Ridout, Viola
Sakari Oramo, 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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