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Prom 13: Star-struck Messiaen from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 28 July 2019
Messiaen, Des Canyons aux étoiles
Martin Owen, French horn
David Hockings, Percussion
Alex Neal, Percussion
Nicolas Hodges, Piano
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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