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Alexander Vedernikov and the BBCSO take a troika ride through the snow

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“Michael Cox’s flute solo crisp and bright, like taking the first crunching steps into fresh snowfall”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 18 December 2019
Sviridov, Suite from The Snowstorm
Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43
Rachmaninov, Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32 no.12
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 1 in G minor "Winter Daydreams", Op.13
Andrei Korobeinikov, Piano
Alexander Vedernikov, 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
*****
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