Prom 68: Pittsburgh SO/Honeck – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe first of the Pittsburgh Symphony's two concerts with their music director Manfred Honeck should have begun with a rarity: the first-ever work at the Proms by the German Walter Braunfels (1882-1954), his Fantastic Appearances of a Theme by Hector Berlioz. What we heard, though, hardly counted. Honeck conducted the introduction and finale of Braunfels's work, together with just two of the 12 "appearances", one of which was the statement of the theme itself – the Song...

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