Proms 16 & 17: BBC Now/Wigglesworth; West-Eastern Divan Players – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonHugh Wood has been regularly supported by the Proms since Scenes from Comus, the work that made his reputation, was first performed there in 1965. Four further commissions have followed, all substantial scores; among them is the Piano Concerto that Wood completed in 1991 for his former pupil Joanna MacGregor, and that was the one that the BBC chose to revive to mark Wood's 80th birthday this year.The concerto's mixture of feisty, acid-edged harmonies, propulsive rhythms ...

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