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Prom 24: Elgar, Grainger and Strauss

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 2 August 2011
Elgar, There is Sweet Music
Elgar, Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61
Traditional, Irish Tune from County Derry (arr. Percy Grainger)
Grainger, In a Nutshell
Strauss R., Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), Op.28
Tasmin Little, Violin
Sir Andrew Davis, 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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