Prom 46: Gražinytė-Tyla/ City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall, 22nd August 2019
Mieczysław Weinberg’s centenary hasn’t attracted the most lavish of celebrations at the BBC Proms, but what little that has been programmed has turned out to be truly excellent. A couple of weeks after Sol Gabetta’s soulful performance of the Cello Concerto, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra gave us a searching, riveting account of the Third Symphony. Gražinytė-Tyla already has impeccable Weinberg credentials. The highlight of the CBSO’s Weinberg Weekend last November was their powerful UK premiere of his Symphony no. 21 “Kaddish”, since released on disc. Weinberg could have no finer champion.
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
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