Review | Classical music | Prom 1 BBCSO/Belohalavek | Albert Hall | Erica Jeal

Albert Hall, LondonColossal, celebratory and a real event whenever and wherever it is performed, Mahler's Eighth Symphony is the work the First Night of the Proms was made for.At its premiere a century ago, the number of performers ran just into four figures – hence the nickname the Symphony of a Thousand, coined by a breathless concert promoter rather than the composer himself. Where can they have put them all? The Proms forces, including a massively augmented BBC Symphony Orchestra, and a wa...

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