Prom 41: Jurowski/ London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall, 17th August 2019
“Henry Wood Novelties” sound like a brand of retro sweets on sale in nostalgia confectionary shops. But rather than strawberry laces, Parma violets or sherbet fountains, they form a running innovation at this year’s BBC Proms: works that Sir Henry Wood programmed in his festival which were also UK – or world – premieres. Every piece in this evening’s all-Russian affair, played with vim and vigour to a packed house by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski, fitted the “Novelties” tag, culminating in an exhilarating performance of Alexander Glazunov’s Fifth Symphony.
Vladimir Jurowski
© Matthias Creutziger
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