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Prom 65: "A riot of orchestral colour?"

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 3 September 2011
Elgar, Cockaigne (In London Town) - overture for orchestra, Op.40
Berkeley, Organ Concerto (London première)
Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43
Kodály, Háry János orchestral suite
Marc-André Hamelin, Piano
David Goode, Organ
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen, Conductor
Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
****1
Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms: a deeply satisfying Mahler 3
****1
Exciting Bacewicz and Lutosławski from Tadaaki Otaka and the BBC NOW
***11
Nil Venditti impresses in BBC Proms debut
****1
A choral treat to savour: Verdi’s Requiem at the BBC Proms
*****
Music that eats into you: Schoenberg and Zemlinsky at the BBC Proms
****1
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