August 2019
12th August 2019
The science behind the orchestration [Glanert’s Weites Land] is impressive, and was revealed as especially so thanks to Semyon Bychkov who allowed each of the BBC Symphony Orchestra desks to shine.
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Christina Gansch’s performance [in Schubert’s Einsamkeit arranged by Detlev Glanert] was superb, full of finesse and elegance. Semyon Bychkov and the musicians of the BBC Symphony Orchestra seemed almost to float in their accompaniment.
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In Bychkov’s masterful reading of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, the evening reached a new level of sublime. From the first few minutes, one could tell that the conductor and orchestra were in complete symbiosis both musically and through their commitment to the score.