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Prom 58 “The silence speaks”: A gripping Kullervo

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 29 August 2015
Sibelius, En Saga, a symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.9
Sibelius, Kullervo, Op.7
Johanna Rusanen, Soprano
Waltteri Torikka, Baritone
Polytech Choir
BBC Symphony Chorus (men's voices)
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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