Prom 22: BBC Philharmonic/Noseda – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe BBC's main 60th-birthday tribute to Oliver Knussen comes later in the year, when a weekend at the Barbican is devoted to his music. But the Proms is marking the milestone, too, by programming two of his symphonies. Knussen will include the Third in his appearance with the BBC Symphony in three weeks' time; the Second was the main work in the first hall of Gianandrea Noseda's concert with the BBC Philharmonic.Composed when Knussen was 18, the Second Symphony is an exp...

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