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A too-delicate touch with the classics from Søndergård and BBC NOW

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Reviewed at St David's Hall, Cardiff on 5 February 2015
Haydn, Symphony no. 28 in A major
Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, Op.15
Mompou, Paisajes: La fuente y la campana
Mozart, Symphony no. 41 in C major, "Jupiter”, K551
Thomas Søndergård, Conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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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