Prom 21: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Sondergard, Royal Albert Hall (Review)
The “Turning Point” in Colin Matthews’ so named orchestral piece is a change of attitude, a sudden seriousness of purpose, a great effort of will to stop moving and take stock of where it – whatever it…
Prom 32: Bernstein “Mass”, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Järvi – Review
Pace the naysayers (and there are still many of them): Bernstein’s Mass IS a masterpiece. But it’s also a theatre piece and what unfolded here at this inexplicably belated Prom premiere (inexplicable because if ever there was…