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Thomas Søndergård and BBCNOW: Looking Forward

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Reviewed at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff on 12 July 2011
Sibelius, En Saga, a symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.9
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op.19
Dvořák, Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op.95
Thomas Søndergård, Conductor
Baiba Skride, Violin
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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