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Urgency and splendour: Mahler 3 at the Proms

Sakari Oramo
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Jenny Carlstedt, Sakari Oramo and the BBCSO
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
The BBCSO and Trinity Boys Choir in the Royal Albert Hall
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
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“flew off the page with the capricious bluster of a summer breeze”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 19 August 2023
Mahler, Symphony no. 3 in D minor
Jenny Carlstedt, Mezzo-soprano
Trinity Boys Choir
BBC Symphony Chorus
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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