Proms 56 & 57: Minnesota Orchestra/Vänskä | Classical review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Minnesota Orchestra's Proms with their music director Osmo Vänskä were object lessons in the creation of excitement and meaning without resorting to rhetorical extremes. Bruckner's Fourth Symphony and Beethoven's Ninth, given on consecutive days, were the main works. We have learned to think of both primarily in terms of grand gestures, but they work just as well, if not better, when some of the expected loftiness is removed.Vänskä's preference for tension and ...

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