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William Mathias première at the Proms, but bruising Elgar disappoints

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 6 August 2014
Wagner, Das Liebesverbot: Overture
Mathias, Violin Concerto (London première)
Elgar, Symphony no. 1 in A flat major, Op.55
Matthew Trusler, Violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Mark Wigglesworth, 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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