Bachtrack logo

Prom 7: BBCSO on top notch form as Hugh Wood's Epithalamion receives its world première

Loading, please wait...
See full listing
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 22 July 2015
Delius, In a Summer Garden
Nielsen, Clarinet Concerto, Op.57
Wood, Epithalamion (BBC commission: World première)
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2
Mark Simpson, Clarinet
Rebecca Bottone, Soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
Sir Andrew Davis, 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
*****
More reviews...
Related articles
Loading image...
Barbican announces latest plans for £240m revamp
Loading image...
Willingness to take risks: Jesús Herrera joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Loading image...
Street-smart and subversive: Ailish Tynan talks Così fan tutte
Loading image...
The trumpet shall sound: Marin Alsop on reinventing Handel’s Messiah
Chris Garlick