BBCSSO/Volkov – review

Usher Hall, EdinburghDuring his time (2005-2008) as composer-in-association with the BBC Scottish Symphony, Jonathan Harvey composed a trilogy of works dealing with Vajrayana Buddhist concepts of purification for the orchestra and its then chief conductor Ilan Volkov. The three sections have been performed and recorded individually, but this is the first time, remarkably, the trilogy has actually been performed complete. It's a complex experience; at times baffling, at times astounding, but neve...

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