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Prom 32: Four centuries of British music from Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC NOW

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 9 August 2017
Britten, Ballad of Heroes for tenor or soprano, chorus and orchestra, Op.14
Elias, Cello Concerto (BBC commission; world premiere)
Purcell, Jehovah, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Psalm 3 (arr. Elgar)
Elgar, Enigma Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op.36
Toby Spence, Tenor
Henry Waddington, Bass
Leonard Elschenbroich, Cello
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan 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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