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Prom 6: Love laid bare in a passionate Turangalîla from Oramo and the BBCSO

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“Notes were bent and stretched so far that the brass were almost in the next room”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 18 July 2018
Gershwin, An American in Paris
Messiaen, Turangalîla Symphony
Angela Hewitt, Piano
Cynthia Millar, Ondes Martenot
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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