BBC NOW/Fischer | Classical review |
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| Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe burgeoning genre of the percussion concerto offers experiences that are often at least as pleasurable visually – with the soloist rampaging around the platform, hitting almost anything that comes within reach – as musically, and frequently more so. Simon Holt's 2008 A Table of Noises, given its first London performance here with virtuoso percussionist Colin Currie and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer, is exceptional in having enough to say…
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