Prom 5: BBC Philharmonic/Mena – review

Royal Albert Hall, London First performed in Berlin in 2009 and now given its UK premiere by the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena, Kaija Saariaho's Laterna Magica takes its name and inspiration from Ingmar Bergman's autobiography.Bergman's discovery of the magic lantern, an early form of projector that uses multiple drawings or photographs to create the illusion of movement when its handle is turned, triggered his first experiments with film. Saariaho, accordingly, rings changes on ideas of st...

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