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From Cornwall to the Malverns: John Wilson leads a musical tour at the Proms

John Wilson conducts the Sinfonia of London
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Adam Walker, John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
John Wilson conducts the Sinfonia of London
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
By Mark Pullinger, 17 July 2022
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“Tintagel was given a terrific reading, its waves surging and crashing powerfully”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 16 July 2022
Programme
Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Watkins, Flute Concerto
Bax, Tintagel
Walton, Partita
Elgar, Enigma Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op.36
Coates, Summer Days Suite: At the Dance
Performers
Adam Walker, Flute
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson, Conductor
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.