BSO/Alsop – review

Colston Hall, BristolDuring her six-year tenure as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's principal conductor, Marin Alsop built up a strong fanbase in Bristol. So she got a warm welcome on this return to the Colston Hall, in appreciation of her role in building the orchestra into its present incarnation under Kirill Karabits. Curiously, though, in Beethoven's Overture Leonora No 3, Alsop's interpretation lacked the incisive edge that has marked the BSO's Beethoven with Karabits. Only the climacti...

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