Review
RSNO returned with a concert that sought to do more than soothe, plus the best of January’s concerts
4/5
A new piece by British composer Errollyn Wallen, Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder and Dvořák’s New World Symphony opened the year for RSNO
16 January 2021 • 12:42pm
Errollyn Wallen s new piece Mighty River is more than just a curtain-raiser
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RSNO Centre ★★★★☆
Small-scale, consoling, with a touch of escapism – that’s been the tone of a number of online orchestral concerts I’ve heard lately. You can see why orchestras would want to strike that tone during a lockdown, when we could all do with some soothing.
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A year of disruption ends in gusto – and doubt
by Boyd TonkinFriday, 01 January 2021
The music of time: Vladimir JurowskiMarquee TV/ Southbank Centre
The LPO, and its soon-to-depart chief conductor Vladimir Jurowski, began its 2020 Vision season back in February. It set out to mix and match the music of three centuries and show how it echoes in contemporary works. Well, little of that turned out quite as planned: this final concert at the Royal Festival Hall was meant to premiere Sir James MacMillan’s new