BBCSO/Robertson | Classical review

Barbican, LondonThe American conductor David Robertson is less widely known than he ought to be, perhaps because his name is so unexotic. For eight years he was director of Pierre Boulez's Ensemble Intercontemporain, and now directs the St Louis Symphony. His regular appearances with the BBC Symphony as their principal guest conductor are a boon both to the orchestra and its audiences.Friday night was typical of his wide-awake programming, using Josquin des Prez's meditation on the death of his ...

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