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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Runnicles, Royal Albert Hall
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Runnicles, Royal Albert Hall
A glowing programme of works both English and international from Scots on top form
Wednesday, 04 August 2010
Donald Runnicles: projecting a focused orchestral sound into the Albert Hall vastsBoth images by Chris Christodoulou
What a quintessential Prom: a quartet of works by English composers which aspire to international status, and in three cases wholly succeed, performed by the BBC's Scottish orchestra at world-class level under its homegrown but deservedly globetrotting chief conductor Donald Runnicles. And doing what the Albert Hall, if handled properly, assists in doing best - not the noisy stuff, but the secret rapture of four increasingly sublime slow movements welcoming us in from the Victorian colosseum's vasts.
What a quintessential Prom: a quartet of works by English composers which aspire to international status, and in three cases wholly succeed, performed by the BBC's Scottish orchestra at world-class level under its homegrown but deservedly globetrotting chief conductor Donald Runnicles. And doing what the Albert Hall, if handled properly, assists in doing best - not the noisy stuff, but the secret rapture of four increasingly sublime slow movements welcoming us in from the Victorian colosseum's vasts.
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