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Dalia Stasevska leads a refreshing, rousing First Night at the BBC Proms

Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Paul Lewis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and BBC Singers in the Royal Albert Hall
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Lesley Manville, Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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“the BBC SO played out of their skins for Stasevska”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 14 July 2023
Sibelius, Finlandia, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.26
Frolyak, Let There Be Light (BBC commission: world premiere)
Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
Sibelius, Snöfrid, improvisation for narrator, mixed-voice choir and orchestra, Op.29
Britten, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34
Paul Lewis, Piano
Lesley Manville, Narrator
BBC Symphony Chorus
Dalia Stasevska, 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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