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Prom 7: Primordial sludge: BBC Symphony finds common threads in Berlioz, Rebel and Dusapin

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“Alisa Weilerstein’s cello traded blows with the bass clarinet on an austere drone”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 19 July 2017
Rebel, Les Élémens: Chaos
Dusapin, Outscape (BBC co-commission, UK première)
Bartók, 44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz.98, BB104 (no.44: Transylvanian Dance)
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Alisa Weilerstein, Cello
Joshua Weilerstein, 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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