Britten Sinfonia/MacMillan – review

West Road Concert Hall, CambridgeWhile James MacMillan has in the past written works with programmatic titles and religious allusions, two of his most recent concertos stick to the purely abstract. Following the violin concerto premiered this year is the composer's Oboe Concerto, written for Nicholas Daniel and the Britten Sinfonia and premiered with the composer as conductor.The oboe isn't the easiest of solo instruments, as its voice can be easily subsumed into the orchestral texture, but MacM...

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