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Prom 52: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Lisa Batiashvili are as good as it gets

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 21 August 2013
Vir, Cave of the Luminous Mind (BBC commission, world première)
Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
Bantock, Celtic Symphony
Elgar, Enigma Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op.36
Lisa Batiashvili, Violin
Sakari Oramo, Conductor
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
*****
Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine
****1
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