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Shostakovich 5 triumphs – or not – with BBCSO and Rafael Payare

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“Even at such swift tempi the BBCSO were precise and dynamic”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 7 December 2018
Strauss R., Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), Op.28
Berg, Sieben frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs)
Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5 in D minor, Op.47
Rafael Payare, Conductor
Dorothea Röschmann, Soprano
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
*****
Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine
****1
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