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The tensest silence: Andris Nelsons and the CBSO astound at the BBC Proms

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“This concentration transmitted into the audience’s response, as they hung onto every last moment”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 21 August 2014
Britten, War Requiem, Op.66
Susan Gritton, Soprano
Toby Spence, Tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Baritone
BBC Proms Youth Choir
Andris Nelsons, Conductor
Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie
****1
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade
****1
François Leleux and Lisa Batiashvili play fire and ice with the CBSO
***11
Yamada and the CBSO luxuriate in line at Symphony Hall
****1
Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO showcase Richard Strauss
*****
Osmo Vänskä ruins Sibelius and Shostakovich in Birmingham
*1111
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