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English music across the generations from Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBCSO
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Sakari Oramo, Constantin Hartwig and the BBCSO
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Sakari Oramo, Mark-Anthony Turnage and the BBCSO
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
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“Oramo and the BBCSO were completely under the skin of Turnage's work”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 15 August 2022
Turnage, Time Flies (BBC co-commission: UK premiere)
Vaughan Williams, Tuba Concerto in F minor
McCartney, Blackbird
Elgar, Symphony no. 1 in A flat major, Op.55
Constantin Hartwig, Tuba
Sakari Oramo, 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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