Prom 63: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonIf the Berlin Phil has anything as prosaic as a comfort zone, the bulk of this programme wasn't it. Of the five composers in the first of their two Proms, only Wagner was an obvious fit for their trademark sound, as velvety and patrician as ever. Yet all the works gained something from their fastidious attention.Simon Rattle has been a champion of Sibelius during his time in Berlin, and the players sounded at home in the elusive Third Symphony. The music's strange contra...

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