BBCSO/Wilson – review

Fairfield Halls, CroydonJohn Wilson is best known for his Broadway and Hollywood extravaganzas, usually with his own orchestra; but there are other strings to his bow, as he showed in this programme of English music with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, given as part of the Fairfield's 50th-anniversary season and benefiting from the hall's mellow acoustic.Vaughan Williams' Wasps overture came first, showing off the glow of the ensemble's string players when the soaring folk-like tune was reached, ...

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