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Vienna meets London: Benjamin Grosvenor and the Vienna Radio Symphony at the Proms

Benjamin Grosvenor and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Marin Alsop
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Benjamin Grosvenor, Marin Alsop and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
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“a short, vivid journey across the terrors of a desert landscape”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 13 August 2022
Bartók, The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19: Suite
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, Op.26
Ravel, Jeux d'eau
Eisendle, Heliosis (UK premiere)
Dvořák, Symphony no. 7 in D minor, Op.70
Winkler, Pussy-(r)-Polka
Strauss II, Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning Polka), Op.324
Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, Conductor
Fish, frocks and farce: a Prokofiev romp in Vienna
***11
The Best of All Possible Satires: Candide sparkles in Vienna
*****
Deconstructed within an inch of its life: a new Lulu in Vienna
**111
Weinberg’s Dostoevsky drama crushes at MusikTheater an der Wien
****1
Hilarious Périchole sends up Austrian political scandals
****1
Transcendent new Jenůfa debuts at Theater an der Wien
*****
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