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BBC Proms Opening Night: Weir, Brahms, Liszt and Janáček

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 15 July 2011
Weir, Stars, Night, Music and Light (BBC commission: world première)
Brahms, Academic Festival Overture, Op.80
Liszt, Piano Concerto no. 2 in A major, S 125
Janáček, Glagolitic Mass
Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano
Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano
Dagmar Pecková, Mezzo-soprano
Stefan Vinke, Tenor
Jan Martiník, Bass
David Goode, Organ
BBC Symphony Chorus
Jiří Bělohlávek, 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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