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Nil Venditti impresses in BBC Proms debut

Nil Venditti conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
© BBC | Mark Allan
Sir Karl Jenkins, Nil Vendetti and Jess Gillam
© BBC | Mark Allan
Jess Gillam and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
© BBC | Mark Allan
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“melodic lines that speak to the heart... a tonal palette rich in tradition”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 12 August 2024
Williams, Concert Overture
Jenkins, Stravaganza (BBC commission )
Farrenc, Overture no. 1 in E minor, Op.23
Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92
Jess Gillam, Soprano saxophone
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti, 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
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
Playfulness and horror: Beethoven and Shostakovich in Cardiff
*****
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