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Prom 10: Postcards from Spain

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 22 July 2011
Debussy, Images, for orchestra: Gigues
Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole
Debussy, Images, for orchestra: Rondes de printemps
Ravel, Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
Falla, Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)
Debussy, Images, for orchestra: Ibéria
Steven Osborne, Piano
Juanjo Mena, Conductor
Wagner and Strauss from Sarah Wegener and the BBC Philharmonic
****1
Watery worlds, rhythmic fire from Brauß and Hickox with the BBC
****1
BBC Phil's Bluebeard's Castle eclipsed by Boulanger and Kodály
****1
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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