Sakari Oramo conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra on 23rd October 2026 with a program including music by Britten, Shostakovich, and Debussy with the UK premier of Francisco Coll’s Elysian. Finnish cello player Senja Rmmukainen took the solo role in Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1.
This was an easy concert to listen too. Britten’s Four Seas Interlude is an old favorite, as is the cello sonata originally written for Dimitry Rostropovich who may have performed at our first hearing of this work.
At the time of listening Francisco Coll’s Elysian was enjoyable and impressive, but now after an interval of a few weeks it is not so easy to remember.
As usually the BBC Symphony Orchestra impressed with their support and their solo efforts.
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