BBC Philharmonic/Mena - review

Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterThough Juanjo Mena has made several appearances with the BBC Philharmonic over the last two seasons, there was still surprise when the orchestra announced in July that next year he was going to succeed Gianandrea Noseda as chief conductor. For though the 45-year-old Mena is highly regarded in his native Spain, he is hardly known in Britain at all.The two concerts he is conducting in Manchester this season, therefore, are part of a familiarisation process – for Mena ...

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