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Elegant and exhilarating all-American Prom from Ryan Bancroft and the BBC NOW

Annelien Van Wauwe and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
The BBC National Chorus of Wales, Crouch End Festival Chorus and BBC NOW
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“the combined effect was like malfunctioning clockwork – think Stravinsky at the rodeo”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 31 July 2023
Skye, Nova Plexus (BBC commission: world premiere)
Copland, Clarinet Concerto
Adams, Harmonium, for chorus and orchestra
Annelien Van Wauwe, Clarinet
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft, Conductor
Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
****1
Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms: a deeply satisfying Mahler 3
****1
Exciting Bacewicz and Lutosławski from Tadaaki Otaka and the BBC NOW
***11
Nil Venditti impresses in BBC Proms debut
****1
A choral treat to savour: Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms
*****
Music that eats into you: Schoenberg and Zemlinsky at the BBC Proms
****1
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