Prom 24 – BBCSO/Mälkki

Royal Albert Hall, LondonSusanna Mälkki's Prom with the BBC Symphony Orchestra opened with the premiere of From Trumpet by Ben Foskett. It is a piece of virtuosity and great charm, structured round a single rhythmic figure that accelerates and decelerates, attracting and shedding surface complexities as it goes. Three muted trumpets, swaggering and sinister, indicate changes of pace and mood before imposing a final stasis. Mälkki conducted it with grace and panache.Thereafter, she turned h...

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