BBCSO/Knussen - review |
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| Barbican, LondonReceiving its European premiere in this BBC Symphony programme under Oliver Knussen was Wanderlust by the 31-year-old American Sean Shepherd. It's a triptych, each panel describing a place – the windy deserts of the composer's native Nevada, the area around Aldeburgh, and Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, which Shepherd knows only from its designs.Each movement successfully conjures a specific atmosphere. While demonstrating a consistently brilliant use of colour, the…
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