Britten Sinfonia/Muhly – review

Barbican, LondonIn the first half of this concert, in which genre-bending Nico Muhly was surrounded by a similarly multidirectional group of associates, two concertos received their premieres: one for cello by Muhly, the other by Owen Pallett for violin. Muhly's piece left the sharper impression, though it was distinctly reticent in profiling its soloist, Oliver Coates, who realised with deliberate understatement a part that felt peripheral. Despite its more assertive moments, the shadow of John...

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