Prom 39 & Matinee 3: BBCNOW/Fischer; Britten Sinfonia/Rundell – review

Royal Albert Hall; Cadogan Hall, LondonBerlioz's Requiem offers a mighty visual spectacle as well as an aural one. In this performance under Thierry Fischer, the row of 10 timpanists lined up behind an expanded BBC National Orchestra of Wales – at whose four corners additional brass ensembles were positioned – stood in front of choral forces comprising the orchestra's attendant chorus, plus those of the London Symphony as well as the Huddersfield Choral Society, not to mention tenor soloist ...

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