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Prom 50: Riveting Beethoven from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO

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“bullet train fast tempi and subverting audience expectations”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 21 August 2017
Beethoven, Leonore Overture no. 3, Op.72b
Stravinsky, Violin Concerto in D major
Salonen, Lachen verlernt
Barry, Canada (BBC commission; world premiere)
Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 in C minor, Op.67
Bach, Air on a G String, from Orchestral Suite BWV1068
Leila Josefowicz, Violin
Allan Clayton, Tenor
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Conductor
Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody
****1
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
*****
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