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Aurally spectacular Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle at the Barbican

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“The final, mysterious dissolve left the auditorium palpably stunned”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 13 October 2017
Birtwistle, Earth Dances
Vaughan Williams, Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony"
Elizabeth Llewellyn, Soprano
Marcus Farnsworth, Baritone
Martyn Brabbins, Conductor
BBC Symphony Chorus
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****1
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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
*****
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